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 í¸ëí° site or the Community
01:52Agreement right now.
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