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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 116 asked in the Legislative Council on 24 February 2022 by Hon Dr Brad Pettitt

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

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.