PUBLIC HOUSING — WAITLIST
279. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Housing:
I refer to the current public
housing waitlist.
(1) What is the
breakdown of the total number of applicants on the housing waitlist in each of
the following regions —
(a) Kimberley;
(b) Pilbara;
(c) Gascoyne;
(d) midwest;
(e) wheatbelt;
(f) Peel;
(g) south west;
(h) great southern; and
(i) goldfields–Esperance?
(2) Of those
applications in (1), how many are on the priority housing waitlist in each of
the regions?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
(1)–(2) The answer is in
tabular form and I seek leave to have the response incorporated into Hansard.
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
(1)–(2)
|
Public Housing Wait List as at 31 March 2022
|
|
Region
|
Wait
Turn
|
Priority
|
|
North
Metro
|
5,890
|
1,243
|
|
South
Metro
|
3,863
|
865
|
|
East
Metro
|
3,124
|
636
|
|
Great
Southern
|
615
|
173
|
|
Southwest
|
1,329
|
156
|
|
Goldfields
|
545
|
93
|
|
Midwest/Gascoyne
|
1,065
|
185
|
|
Pilbara
|
750
|
254
|
|
West
Kimberley
|
839
|
145
|
|
Wheatbelt
|
366
|
75
|
|
East
Kimberley
|
352
|
127
|
|
Total
|
18,738
|
3,952
|
Please
note, the number of wait turn applications includes priority applications.