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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 666 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 26 October 2021 by Dr K. Stratton

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

HOMELESSNESS — ACCOMMODATION

666. Dr K. STRATTON to the Minister for Community Services:

I refer to the McGowan government's ongoing commitment to supporting people experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, homelessness in our communities. Can the minister update the house on the future of the accommodation facility located at 100 Hampton Road in Fremantle and outline how it continues to support those who may be sleeping rough in our community?

Ms S.F. McGURK replied:

I would like to thank the member for her interest in this area and all the members in this chamber who are interested in supporting some of the most vulnerable in our community. As a government, we are spending record amounts on supporting people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Our stewardship of a challenging facility at 100 Hampton Road—it is just at the end of the street where I live, so I know the facility in Fremantle well—has been a good example of that. This is not a facility that has been built for the purpose of housing vulnerable people, but it has been used for that purpose for a number of years and to good end until recently by Foundation Housing. Since 2009, Foundation Housing has been managing that facility.

I was pleased to attend 100 Hampton Road this morning with my colleague the Minister for Housing to announce that St Patrick's Community Support Centre in Fremantle will be taking over the management of that facility at the end of this year. We are very grateful for the work Foundation Housing has done to date and for the expertise and credibility in working with homeless people and people at risk of homelessness that St Pat's has. Along with the five-year lease that St Pat's is undertaking in 100 Hampton Road, there will be an upgrade to some of the facility. Some additional maintenance will be completed on the property in the next few months, so I think we will see some improvements to the physical facility at that location. When we were there this morning, the Minister for Housing, John Carey, and I met Brett, one of the residents, who was doing work on his veggie garden. It was good to talk to him and to be walked through his work. He said that doing his work in the common garden facility gives him a reason to get out of bed in the morning. It looked like he was doing a fantastic job. Thanks to Brett, Foundation Housing and the staff and volunteers at St Pat's who do good work in the community.