PUBLIC HOUSING —
WAITING LIST
489. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Housing:
I refer to the public housing
waitlist.
(1) How many people were on the
public housing waitlist at the end of June and July respectively?
(2) Of the people in (1), how many
receive the disability support pension?
(3) How many
people were on the public housing priority waitlist at the end of June and July
respectively?
(4) Of the people in (3), how many
receive the disability support pension?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(2) As
at 30 June 2021, 17 194 applications were on the public housing waitlist, of
which 3 293 applications had household
members in receipt of a disability support pension or payment. As at 31 July
2021, 17 320 applications were on the
public housing waitlist, of which 3 312 applications had household members
in receipt of a disability support pension or payment.
(3)–(4) As at 30 June 2021, 3 354 applications were on the
public housing priority waitlist, of which 826 applications had household members in receipt of a disability
support pension or payment. As at 31 July 2021, 3 478 applications were
on the public housing priority waitlist, of which 857 applications had
household members in receipt of a disability support pension or payment.
These waitlist figures are well below
the numbers seen under the previous Barnett Liberal–National
government, which peaked at 24 136 in 2009–10.