COMMUNITIES
— HOUSING ASSISTANCE
303. Hon Dr BRIAN WALKER to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Community Services:
I ask this question on behalf of Hon Sophia Moermond. I refer the minister to the three
vulnerable Noongar Yamatji sisters Alicia,
Tyler and Adamma who have been left without a guardian or a home after a realtor
evicted them from their property in Perth last week. The girls have been
left in this situation following the death of their father and sole guardian,
Aubrey Roe, who sadly passed away a week after his first Pfizer COVID-19
vaccine. To complicate matters, Adamma, who is studying her final year of high
school, has a rare heart condition—truncus arteriosus. Community
organisation Victoria Park Youth Accommodation has been unable to find the
family accommodation.
(a) What steps has the Department of
Communities taken to urgently help the family?
(b) Has the minister made
representations to the Minister for Housing in an attempt to resolve the issue?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(a)–(b) The Department of Communities has been in contact
with the family since January 2022 to discuss options and supports
available to access accommodation either through the private rental market or
through community service organisations as
well as the requirements to apply for public housing assistance including
application instructions and offering to help complete an application.