WA government defends increasing waitlist for social housing

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Advocates have called for an alternative approach to increasing WA's housing availability. It comes after the state government defended its increasing wait list to get into social housing, saying the list acts as a safety net for most people.

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00:00While the government sprooked its build to rent scheme, questions on whether it's doing

00:12enough to combat the long wait for social housing were unavoidable.

00:16Do I think we're losing the battle? No I don't because we are already demonstrating

00:22that we're getting houses out the door. We've added more than 3,600 social homes to date.

00:29The Housing Authority annual report tabled in Parliament this week revealed more than

00:3420,000 people are waiting for a subsidised rental, an increase of 1,000 people in a year.

00:42The predicted wait time for 3,000 of those people is five years.

00:47The Housing Minister assuring most people on the list are already in accommodation and

00:52are registered for extra security.

00:55We take this issue seriously. We're not sitting on our bums.

00:59We are throwing everything at this to bolster social housing, affordable housing and rental

01:05housing.

01:07But Anglicare WA says there needs to be faster alternatives to building more homes.

01:13We need to look at short term rentals. You know we could get 5,000 of those overnight with

01:18a legislative change. There is a lot of empty accommodation in Western Australia. That needs

01:23to be unlocked. A growing issue for a growing number.

01:28What we're serving is probably the most likely possible.

01:35There are other people who can get little

01:45homes and get things made to build a home on our own 핸드폰 site or the Community

01:52Agreement right now.

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