HOUSING — SPOT PURCHASING
556. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Housing:
I
refer to the circumstances of Tania Hansen, a mother of five from Armadale who
is facing eviction from her private rental property. Tania has been on
the public housing priority waitlist for two years due to a lack of public
housing stock and the rise in people on the public housing waitlist.
(1) Will the
minister detail the number of homes purchased under the spot purchasing scheme
in the following years —
(a) 2016–17;
(b) 2017–18;
(c) 2018–19; and
(d) 2019–20?
(2) Is the government considering
housing Tania Hansen and her children through spot purchasing?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) (a)–(d) The answer is in
tabular form.
I seek leave to have the information
incorporated into Hansard.
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
The number of social housing
properties spot purchased is as follows:
|
2013/14
|
2014/15
|
2015/16
|
2016/17
|
2017/18
|
2018/19
|
2019/20
|
2020/21
|
|
97
|
71
|
61
|
359
|
37
|
50
|
18
|
14
|
The
McGowan Government is investing nearly $1 billion in social housing, through a number
of programs including the Social Housing
Economic Recovery Package. Through these programs, the McGowan Government will
deliver hundreds of new social housing properties and carry out
refurbishment and maintenance work on thousands more.
(2) The client
identified has not been on the priority waiting list for two years. All
applicants on the priority waiting list have demonstrated an urgent need for
housing. The Department of Communities is unable to further prioritise
applicants on the priory housing waitlist ahead of other people experiencing
similar difficulties. Spot purchased properties are placed into the pool of
public housing stock and allocated to the next suitable applicant on the
waiting list.