THE Western Australian government will deliver an additional 265 social homes and refurbish more than 300 existing social homes with the help of the federal government’s Social Housing Accelerator Fund.
This represents a boost to the WA government’s record $2.6 billion investment into housing and homelessness, with the further $209.6 million reflecting the state’s share of the federal government’s Social Housing Accelerator Fund.
With the Department of Communities to manage the delivery of the funding across the state, including procurement and contracting for new builds and renovations.
“It’s pleasing to see the Federal Labor Government come back into the housing space – after the previous Federal Liberal-National Government completely abandoned it,” said John Carey, housing minister.
“We’re using every lever we can to boost social housing, including working to retain ageing social housing properties where possible and investing in alternative construction methods, as part of our reforms to accelerate the delivery of social housing across Western Australia.
The $2 billion Social Housing Accelerator will deliver thousands of new social homes for vulnerable Australians, with each State and Territory receiving a share.
Delivery of the social housing will be prioritised by demand and will be rolled out across both metropolitan and regional WA.
“This funding boost backs in and complements our record $2.6 billion commitment in housing and homelessness measures, which will include the delivery of about 4,000 social dwellings as well as refurbishments and maintenance to many thousands more,” added Carey.
“Since our record investment we’ve added more than 1,760 social homes, with more than 1,000 currently under contract or construction.”
