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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 700 asked in the Legislative Council on 14 September 2021 by Hon Dr Brad Pettitt

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

SOCIAL HOUSING ECONOMIC RECOVERY PACKAGE

700. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Housing:

I refer to the social housing economic recovery package.

(1) How many home builds have been completed as part of this package to date?

(2) How many of the completed homes are currently tenanted?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question.

(1)–(2) The McGowan government is investing $2.1 billion into social housing over the next four years, which includes the recently announced record investment of $875 million as part of the 2021–22 state budget. This is the single largest one-off investment into social housing in the state's history and will provide an immediate boost to social housing.

The social housing economic recovery package is substantially a refurbishment and maintenance package to enable these homes to remain part of our state's social housing stock for many years to come. A total of 1 238 maintenance works or refurbishments have been completed under the package to date, including in regional Western Australia. Significant planning work has been undertaken to facilitate delivery of SHERP. The first two properties, as part of the first tranche of builds, were completed at the end of July 2021 and are now tenanted. Across all funding streams, including business-as-usual funding, a further 653 social housing properties are currently under construction. Existing funding streams have been recalibrated to deliver more social housing immediately in response to the challenges currently faced from the heated construction market. The use of spot purchasing and modular and prefabricated construction will deliver quicker to market social housing.