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Parliamentary Questions


Question On Notice No. 761 asked in the Legislative Council on 19 May 2022 by Hon Dr Brad Pettitt

Question Directed to the: Leader of the House representing the Minister for Housing
Parliament: 41 Session: 1


Question

I refer to the public housing waitlist and priority waitlist, and I ask:
(a) how many people on these waitlists received the disability support pension as at:
(i) 30 June 2017;
(ii) 31 December 2017;
(iii) 30 June 2018;
(iv) 31 December 2018;
(v) 30 June 2019;
(vi) 31 December 2019;
(vii) 30 June 2020;
(viii) 31 December 2020;
(ix) 30 June 2021;
(x) 31 December 2021
; and
(xi) 31 May 2022?

Answered on 9 August 2022

(a)

Applications containing a disability support payment indicates that at least one person on the application receives this payment. This does not necessarily indicate that all people on the application are in receipt of the payment.

(i) – (vi) Information of this nature was not collated centrally in reports prior to 2020. Obtaining this data would require manually reviewing individual files and would thus require significant resources.

(vii) As at 30 June 2020, there were 2,776 applications on the public housing waitlist identifying at least one household member in receipt of a disability support pension or payment. Of these, a total of 508 applications were priority listed.

(viii) As at 31 December 2020, there were 3,007 applications on the public housing waitlist identifying at least one household member in receipt of a disability support pension or payment. Of these, a total of 662 applications were priority listed.

(ix) As at 30 June 2021, there were 3,293 applications on the public housing waitlist identifying at least one household member in receipt of a disability support pension or payment. Of these, a total of 826 applications were priority listed.

(x) As at 31 December 2021, there were 3,585 applications on the public housing waitlist identifying at least one household member in receipt of a disability support pension or payment. Of these, a total of 913 applications were priority listed.

(xi) As at 31 May 2022, there were 3,816 applications on the public housing waitlist  identifying at least one household member in receipt of a disability support pension or payment. Of these, a total of 1,056 applications were priority listed.