HOUSING —
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
1169. Hon PETER COLLIER to
the minister representing the Minister for Housing:
I refer to the minister's
media release of 13 October 2019 titled ''Advertising push is 'Opening
Doors' for WA homebuyers''.
(1) What is the total cost of the
advertising campaign?
(2) How many affordable houses were
built in 2016–17, 2017–18 and 2018–19?
(3) What is the forecast number of
affordable houses that will be built in 2019–20 and 2020–21?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) The total cost was $324 969.51
excluding GST.
(2) The Department of Communities constructed 387
affordable housing properties in 2016–17, 323 in 2017–18
and 273 in 2018–19.
(3) The
Department of Communities plans to construct 423 affordable housing properties
in 2019–20 and 733 in 2020–21.