GOVERNMENT REGIONAL
OFFICERS' HOUSING — BROOME
366. Hon WILSON TUCKER to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Housing:
I
thank the minister for the answer to my question C314, asked on 16 June 2021. I
refer to the six vacant Government Regional Officers' Housing
properties that the department owns. How long has each property been vacant for
the current period of vacancy?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The member will note a variation in the question
numbers; that is because there is a variation in the question numbers between Hansard
and this chamber, but it is the same question.
Of the six vacant properties listed
in the response to question 281, only three currently remain vacant. One
property has been vacant since December 2020, with the remaining two properties
vacant since February 2021. The client agency determines the allocation of
properties to their employees, not the Department of Communities. It is not
uncommon that client agencies may have allocated vacant properties to enable
them to recruit and deploy suitable employees, including health staff, teachers
and police.