GOVERNMENT REGIONAL
OFFICERS' HOUSING — REGIONS
182. Hon WILSON TUCKER to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Housing:
I
refer to my question without notice 667 of 8 September 2021 and question on
notice 447 of 15 February 2022. In the answers provided to me, the
minister indicated the assessment of all vacant properties, including
Government Regional Officers' Housing properties, is underway. Can the
minister please provide an update on the progress of this assessment, including
—
(1) How many long-term vacant GROH
properties have been brought back online?
(2) How many GROH properties have
been made available for clients on the public housing waitlist?
(3) What other policies and actions
have been implemented as a result of this assessment?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(3) Following
the Minister for Housing's request to review all long-term vacant
unallocated Government Regional Officers' Housing properties, to date
20 properties have been approved to be transferred to public housing to assist
clients on the waiting list, with a further 14 properties being provided to
assist non-government organisations and local government staff in regional
areas. A further 13 properties will undergo
refurbishment to return them to service for GROH. Vacant GROH properties within
each regional location will continue to be reviewed on an ongoing basis.
A GROH asset matrix has been developed to assist in local decision-making which
prioritises either return to serve for GROH or transfer to public housing where
possible.