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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 511 asked in the Legislative Council on 17 August 2021 by Hon Dr Brad Pettitt

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

HOUSING — RENT AND EVICTION MORATORIUM

511. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Housing:

I refer to question without notice 347, and ask that the minister please provide an update on the total number of termination notices from public housing for the months of June and July 2021 respectively?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

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

The termination of a tenancy is an option of last resort when all other efforts to sustain the tenancy have failed. Ultimately, the decision to end a tenancy is a matter decided by the Magistrates Court. Termination notices do not represent a terminated tenancy or an eviction. A termination notice provides the tenant with a final notice and the intent to progress the matter to the courts. From 1 June 2021 to 31 July 2021, 353 termination notices were issued and no bailiff evictions occurred. There has been an overall decline in the number of termination notices issued since the lifting of the moratorium compared with the months prior to the pandemic.