SOCIAL HOUSING — VACANCIES
690. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Housing:
I refer to recent news articles
addressing the number of vacant social housing homes in Western Australia.
(1) For the end
of the following years, how many social housing properties did the government
own in —
(a) 2016–2017;
(b) 2017–2018;
(c) 2018–2019;
(d) 2019–2020;
(e) 2020–2021;
(f) 2021–2022?
(2) Of those in
answer to (1), will the minister please provide a breakdown of how many were —
(a) occupied; and
(b) vacant?
(3) Of those in
answer to (2)(b), will the minister please provide a breakdown of how many were
—
(a) returning stock;
(b) non-returning stock; and
(c) other?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I
thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. On behalf of the
Leader of the House, the following answer has been provided by the
Minister for Housing.
I have two answers in my file. One
says to place it on notice and the other is more positive, so I will give the
member the more positive answer!
The information is not possible in
the time required; however, the minister undertakes to provide the honourable
member with an answer on 13 September 2022.