GOVERNMENT REGIONAL
OFFICERS' HOUSING
442. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Housing:
I refer to Government Regional
Officers' Housing, or GROH.
(1) What was the total number of
GROH stock as at June 2021?
(2) What is the total waitlist for
GROH across all departments as at June 2021?
(3) For (2), will the minister
please break down into waitlists for each government department?
(4) In the absence of available
GROH stock in a particular location —
(a) what is the course of action to ensure that
government regional officers have access to a house; and
(b) what was the total cost to the
government for providing alternative accommodation options?
(5) If the
Department of Communities does not collect this data or cannot provide a response
to any of the above, why can it not do so?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) As of 30 June 2021, there were
a total of 5 040 GROH properties.
(2) As at 30 June 2021, there were
217 additional requests for GROH housing from client agencies.
(3) The information is in tabular
form. I seek leave to have that incorporated into Hansard.
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
|
Client
Agency
|
Additional
|
|
Central
Regional TAFE
|
1
|
|
Department
of Communities
|
9
|
|
Department
of Education
|
88
|
|
Department
of Finance
|
1
|
|
Department
of Fisheries
|
1
|
|
Department
of Justice – Corrective Services
|
6
|
|
Department
of Justice – Court & Tribunal
|
2
|
|
Department
of Sport and Recreation
|
�0
|
|
Department
of Transport
|
1
|
|
Dept
of Biodiversity Conservation & Attract
|
8
|
|
Dept
of Mines & Petroleum
|
0
|
|
Dept
of Primary Industries & Regional Development
|
11
|
|
Fire
& Emergency Services Authority
|
2
|
|
Goldfields
Esperance Development Commission
|
1
|
|
Legal
Aid Commission
|
1
|
|
Murchison
Health Service
|
1
|
|
Northern
Regional TAFE
|
18
|
|
Pathwest
|
1
|
|
WA
Police Force
|
59
|
|
Water
Corporation
|
6
|
(4) (a) Requests for housing under the GROH program are
met by allocation of vacant existing GROH stock, sourcing leases from the
private market, expressions of interest from investors or local government, and constructing and spot-purchasing
properties from the GROH capital works budget.
(b) The GROH
program is responsible for providing housing. Individual client agencies make
arrangements for any alternative accommodation required for their employees.
(5) Not applicable.