GOVERNMENT
REGIONAL OFFICERS' HOUSING
345. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Housing:
I refer to question without notice
796 asked on 13 October 2021.
(1) What is the
total number of Government Regional Officers' Housing properties in WA;
and, of those —
(a) how many are currently tenanted;
(b) how many are untenanted; and
(c) how many are currently undergoing
repairs or maintenance?
(2) What is the breakdown for those
properties by region?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of this question.
President,
bearing in mind your advice to us earlier, it is quite a lengthy answer and
part of it is in tabular form. Given the time, I seek leave to have the
response incorporated into Hansard.
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
(1)–(2) As at 28 March 2022, there were 4,992
properties in the GROH Portfolio across the State, of which 4,265 are occupied
as at 28 March 2022. Of the unoccupied
properties as at this date, 571 are allocated to client agencies and 156 were
vacant and unallocated. Some of these
properties may have been occupied by tenants since this time. It is not
uncommon that client agencies may have allocated vacant properties as
this enables them to recruit and deploy suitable employees, or for operational
reasons such as relief teachers.
Unallocated
GROH properties may be vacant for a number of reasons, including public sector
employees seeking private housing rather than GROH; aged stock; being poorly
located in the district/town; the district/town being in decline due to economic
factors resulting in lower demand; and, awaiting refurbishment or earmarked for
redevelopment.
The
Department of Communities is currently assessing all vacant properties,
including long-term vacant GROH properties with no demand from client agencies,
with a view to bringing these properties back online as soon as possible. Where
appropriate, GROH properties that no longer meet the requirements and demand of
client agencies are being considered to be made available for clients on the
public housing wait list.
GROH
housing as at 28 March 2022
Region
|
Currently tenanted
|
Awaiting new tenant/ Currently unallocated and Region
tenanted unoccupied
|
North Metro
|
|
1
|
South Metro
|
24
|
5
|
East Metro
|
2
|
|
Great Southern
|
220
|
35
|
Southwest
|
179
|
31
|
Goldfields
|
685
|
108
|
Midwest/Gascoyne
|
468
|
101
|
Pilbara
|
1163
|
180
|
West Kimberley
|
697
|
108
|
Wheatbelt
|
466
|
105
|
East Kimberley
|
361
|
53
|