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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
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Homelessness Sector Reform

The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (14:37): A supplementary arising from the original answer: can the minister provide to this chamber how many extra public housing properties will be built by this government?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:37): This year? Next year?

The Hon. E.S. Bourke: Why not this year?

The PRESIDENT: The minister has the call.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: I will get some information for the honourable member about—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: We are building a lot—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —is the short answer. We are doing a lot in the public housing space.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: I could take out the rest of question time talking about all the things that we are doing—

The PRESIDENT: But you won't.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —to rebuild the assets of the Housing Trust.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! I can't hear the minister.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: I am not sure that we have targets by annual year but certainly, because we have been accelerating certain programs, the numbers do shift a bit. We expect that the community housing providers would be building some additional properties. There are a lot of works going on, so it depends on which particular program anyone is talking about, but I will provide—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —some more data about our building programs for her benefit so that she can rest better at night.

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