SOCIAL HOUSING — REGIONS — MODULAR
CONSTRUCTION
750. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Housing:
I refer to the government's
budget announcement allocating $70.4 million for construction of 134 modular
homes on department-owned land in the regions over 2021–22 to 2022–23.
(1) What regions and parcels of land
have been identified for the 134 homes?
(2) How many homes will be allocated
to each region and over which years?
(3) How many square metres is the internal footprint
of the proposed modular homes and how many bedrooms will each modular
home offer?
(4) What is the anticipated
construction time for functional delivery of the modular homes?
(5) Have any
construction contracts been approved by the government for the delivery of the
modular homes; and, if so, with which companies?
Hon SUE ELLERY
replied:
I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1)–(5) The
modular program is currently in the design phase, with the size, layout and
location of each individual modular building being consistent with the
Department of Communities' social housing functional brief for traditional in situ construction. Locations
will be determined based on waitlist demand, land availability and other
factors, including local building industry capacity. The details of the
contracts awarded for modular construction will be publicly available when the
relevant program design phase and procurement processes are finalised.