Recommendation
74. Respond to the need for affordable and available housing in regional areas by:
- establishing the principles, criteria and models for government housing intervention in regional locations that are demonstrating market failure, informed by regional housing plans
- independently reviewing all regional officer housing assets and programs across the public sector, including the Government Regional Officer Housing program, to assess and identify:
- implementation status and application of previous reviews
- effectiveness, efficiency and value for money, particularly in regard to duplicate programs being operated by multiple state agencies
- opportunities to consolidate housing programs across state agencies
- ability to respond to state agency and tenant needs
- appropriateness of models to specific regional property markets, including the risks of negatively impacting local market conditions
- opportunities for improvements in effectiveness, efficiency, value for money and responsiveness to the needs of agencies, tenants and regional locations
- investigating innovative models for implementation that would provide high-quality regional officer and other key worker housing, while managing the cost to government.
WA Government response
The WA Government responded to Foundation for a stronger tomorrow in February 2023. Recommendation 74 is fully supported. For further information please refer to the response document.