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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 424 asked in the Legislative Council on 17 May 2022 by Hon Colin De Grussa

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

PUBLIC HOUSING — WAITLIST — KALGOORLIE ELECTORATE

424. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Housing:

I refer to the housing waitlist for the electorate of Kalgoorlie.

(1) How many people are currently waiting for housing in —

(1) the City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder;

(2) the Shire of Coolgardie;

(3) the Shire of Dundas;

(4) the Shire of Laverton; and

(5) the Shire of Menzies?

(2) For those in (1), what is the current vacancy rate for each local government area?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

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

(1) The Department of Communities does not collate waitlist data by local government area—LGA. The waitlist can be broken down by preference region and preference zone.

I seek leave to have that part of the answer incorporated into Hansard.

[Leave granted for the following material to be incorporated.]

Public Housing Wait List by Area Office and Preference Zone as at 30 April 2022

Area Office

Preference Zone

Total Number of Applications

Total Number of People

Kalgoorlie

Coolgardie

16

35

Kalgoorlie

368

637

Kambalda

2

2

Laverton

17

44

Leonora

17

32

Norseman

3

4

Total

423

754

 

(2) Properties can become vacant for a number of reasons and are generally only vacant for a period of time. Of the 130 properties vacant in the region as at 30 April 2022, 116 of these properties are undergoing maintenance repairs and will return to public housing stock once complete.

That information is also set out in tabular form, so I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard.

[Leave granted for the following material to be incorporated.]

Public Housing State-wide vacancies below LGA's as at 30 April 2022

GA

Returning

Not-Returning

Total

City of Kalgoorlie Boulder

94

12

106

Shire of Coolgardie

11

2

13

Shire of Dundas

-

-

-

Shire of Laverton

11

-

11

Shire of Menzies

-

-

-

Total

116

14

130