PUBLIC HOUSING — WAITING LIST
116. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Housing:
I refer to question without notice
902 of 2021 and the answer that 31 114 individuals were on the public housing
waitlist as at 31 October 2021. I also refer to the Department of Communities
answers to Hon Steve Martin as part of the 2021–22 budget estimates,
stating that there were 38 552 householders on the public housing waitlist at
31 October 2021.
(1) Were there 38
552 individuals on the public housing waitlist as at 31 October 2021, as was
answered in response to Hon Steve Martin's question; and, if yes, why
did the minister not include the individuals on the public housing waitlist as
a priority of the total number of individuals on the public housing list in
response to my question 902?
(2) How many
applications were on the public housing waitlist, including the priority
waitlist, at the end of each month from June 2021 to January 2022 respectively?
(3) How many individuals did the
applications in (2) represent?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) There were 31
114 people represented on the public housing waitlist as at 31 October 2021. An
error has been identified in the answer that
was provided as part of the budget estimates hearings and the Department
of Communities will be writing to the committee to make a correction.
(2)–(3) As at 30 June 2021, there were 17 194 applications
on the public housing waitlist, representing 29 720 people. This
included 3 354 priority applications, representing 6 622 people. As at 31 July
2021, there were 17 320 applications on the
public housing waitlist, representing 30 024 people. This included 3 478
priority applications representing 6 904
people. For the remaining months, I refer the member to answers provided
to his previous questions without notice, specifically: 723, 902 and 1077 in
2021; and question without notice 17 in 2022.