PUBLIC HOUSING —
WAITLIST — DISABILITY SUPPORT PENSION
67. Hon
Dr BRAD PETTITT to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for
Housing:
I refer to the public housing
waitlist.
(1) How many people on the public housing waitlist at
the end of December 2021 and January 2022 respectively receive the
disability support pension?
(2) How many
people on the public housing priority waitlist at the end of December 2021 and
January 2022 respectively receive the disability support pension?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(2) As
at 31 December 2021, there were 3 585 applications on the public housing
waitlist who identified a household member as in receipt of a disability
support pension or payment. Of these, a total of 913 applications were priority
listed. As at 31 January 2022, 3 618 applications on the public housing
waitlist identified a household member as in receipt of a disability support
pension or payment. Of these, a total of 927 applications were priority listed.
This does not mean that all of these individuals, in any given household, are
in receipt of a disability support pension or payment.