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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 330 asked in the Legislative Council on 22 June 2021 by Hon Steve Martin

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

PUBLIC HOUSING — WAITING LIST

330. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Housing:

I refer to the growing public housing waitlist in Western Australia.

(1) For the end of each financial year 2016 to 2021, what is the total number of people represented by applications on the public housing waitlist?

(2) How many of these people are under the age of 18?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

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

(1) As at the end of each financial year, the total number of people on the public housing waitlist was 36 167 in 2016; 29 544 in 2017; 23 257 in 2018; 22 927 in 2019; and 23 928 in 2020. End of financial year figures for 2021 are not yet available.

(2) The requested information about the age of people represented by the applications on the waiting list is not readily available in the Department of Communities' information systems. I therefore ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.