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7685 - Water, Property and Housing - SOCIAL HOUSING

Jackson, Rose to the Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women representing the Minister for Water, Property and Housing

(1) Please list every social housing project currently underway or committed to by the government?

(a) For each project:

(i) Please outline the number of social housing units each project will have?

(ii) Please outline the total estimated cost or funding allocated to each project?

(2) What is the current total funding allocated to social housing in New South Wales?

(3) How much additional new funding has been allocated since the announcement of the $812 million in the 2020-21 Budget?

(4) How much funding is allocated to the social housing maintenance and repairs?

(a) What is the total cost of the identified social housing maintenance backlog?

(5) As of October 2021:

(a) How many people are on the social housing waiting list?

(b) How many people are on the priority waiting list?
Answer -

I am advised:

(1-2) As at 30 June 2021, the NSW Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) currently has underway or committed to 124 projects across NSW providing over 3,300 bedrooms, totalling over $555 million. Information on current projects is available at: https://www.dpie.nsw.gov.au/land-and-housing-corporation.

(3) An additional $183 million for social housing was announced on 16 October 2021, as part of the NSW Government’s COVID-19 economic recovery strategy. The funding includes $80 million for LAHC. Further details are available at: www.dpie.nsw.gov.au/news-and-events/articles/2021/Social-housing-investment-key-to-recovery-roadmap.

(4) In 2021, over $517 million was allocated to social housing maintenance and repairs.

(a) LAHC directly bases its maintenance expenditure on priority and need.

(5) This question should be directed to the Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services who has responsibility for the management of the social housing waiting list.

Question asked on 20 October 2021 (session 57-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 608
Answer received on 10 November 2021 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 623

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