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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 345 asked in the Legislative Council on 7 April 2022 by Hon Steve Martin

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

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