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Collaboration key to multi-million dollar homeless shelter projectFriday, 6 November 2009
Housing Minister Troy Buswell today announced State Government funding of more than $22 million for the creation of a major new facility in East Perth for the homeless.
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231 affordable new Perth homes for drawing board
Monday, 2 November 2009
Housing Minister Troy Buswell today signed a $36 million contract for the Satterley Property Group to deliver 231 new homes throughout Perth as part of the Nation Building Economic Stimulus Package.
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Greater protection from antisocial behaviour
Sunday, 1 November 2009
Bad behaviour would no longer be tolerated in Western Australia’s public housing system following the introduction of a new Disruptive Behaviour Management Strategy for public housing, Housing and Works Minister Troy Buswell announced today.
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New social housing stock for South-West communities
Thursday, 29 October 2009
Almost 300 new affordable dwellings funded by the Federal and State governments have been announced for the South-West region, Housing and Works Minister Troy Buswell said today.
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Building starts on 100th home for government workers in the regions
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Construction has started on the 100th home for government employees just eight months after the State Government announced that Royalties for the Regions would fund 400 new dwellings for teachers, police officers and other staff in regional locations.
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Antisocial behaviour intervention pilot extended
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
An intervention scheme for antisocial behaviour in government housing will be extended by three months after early positive results.
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Landport.com.au launched as one-stop real estate portal
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Housing and Works Minister Troy Buswell today launched a ‘one-stop’ shop for State Government affordable land releases and joint venture land developments with the unveiling of Landport.com.au
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Government looks to future of affordable housing with Housing 2020 plan
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Housing and Works Minister Troy Buswell today released the Social Housing Taskforce report as well as an accompanying future directions blueprint.
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No decision made on pensioner rent increases beyond September 2010
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Housing and Works Minister Troy Buswell today said that the State Government will fulfil its commitment to delay increasing public housing rents for pensioners for twelve months, following the increase to the aged pension this month.
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Social housing cheats evicted
Monday, 7 September 2009
The Department of Housing has started evicting ineligible social housing tenants following a crackdown announced two weeks ago by Housing and Works Minister Troy Buswell.
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Crackdown on social housing cheats
Saturday, 15 August 2009
An investigation by the Department of Housing has identified up to 1,350 social housing tenants whose income or assets may make them ineligible for social housing.
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Future Cordblood Bank gets $150,000 boost
Thursday, 6 August 2009
Western Australia is one step closer to having a Cordblood Bank, following the presentation of a cheque for $150,000 to Rotary WA by Housing and Works Minister Troy Buswell today.
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High value western suburbs houses on sale
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
The Department of Housing is offering for sale nine properties valued at more than $10 million in Perth’s western and coastal suburbs.
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Housing Stimulus - Bulletin 4
Thursday, 16 July 2009
In Western Australia under the combined State and Federal Governments Housing Stimulus Package funding,
construction of 234 new social housing dwellings has commenced.
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Housing for Government officers to GROH in Albany
Thursday, 30 July 2009
Attraction and retention of Government officers to Albany will be aided by the re-introduction of Government Regional Officer Housing (GROH) to the area, announced today by Housing and Works Minister Troy Buswell.
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Purchase of Bunbury housing complex to help reduce waiting list
Friday, 24 July 2009
Public housing in Bunbury has received a significant boost with the State Government’s purchase of a 32-unit seniors’ accommodation complex.
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Royalties for Regions providing more GROH at Tom Price
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
The first of more than 400 new homes for Liberal-National Government employees in regional Western Australia are almost ready for their first tenants.
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New land at Quattro to be released by ballot
Friday, 10 July 2009
Perth homebuyers looking for the rare chance to buy vacant land close to the city will have the opportunity when new homesites are released at Quattro: The New Queens Park.
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State Government in partnership to provide new city homeless shelter
Saturday, 20 June 2009
Housing Minister Troy Buswell today opened a new supported accommodation facility in Perth city, established through a partnership between the State Government and UnitingCare West.
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Affordable Housing Opportunity in Subiaco
Friday, 19 June 2009
Applications for homes under the Subi Centro redevelopment shared equity arrangement, closed on Tuesday, 30 June 2009.
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Best time to build is now
Wednesday, 17 June 2009
Housing Minister and Treasurer Troy Buswell today launched the Build Now campaign, a joint effort by Western Australia’s peak home building groups to increase new home sales by increasing consumer confidence.
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Boost of more than 2,000 homes to social housing stocks
Thursday, 14 May 2009
The Liberal-National Government has committed to unprecedented growth in social housing, as well as long-overdue reform in the sector, in the 2009-10 State Budget, Housing and Works Minister Troy Buswell said.
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State Government paves way for indigenous housing funding boost
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
The State Government will fast track changes to legislation to allow for a significant increase in funding from the Federal Government for housing in remote Indigenous communities in Western Australia.
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Pilot project to address anti-social behaviour in State housing
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
Housing and Works Minister Troy Buswell has announced a pilot project in the south-east metropolitan region aimed at improving the State Government’s response to anti-social behaviour by Department of Housing tenants.
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Keystart rates drop to 4.99 per cent
Sunday, 19 April 2009
Following the latest official interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank, Keystart has passed on the full 25 basis point reduction to its borrowers, dropping its interest rate to 4.99 per cent.
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Transformation of Brownlie under way
Thursday, 16 April 2009
The first phase of a project that will transform Bentley’s Brownlie precinct is under way.
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Social housing boost for Western Australia
Wednesday, 8 April 2009
Western Australian Housing and Works Minister Troy Buswell and Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Government Service Delivery Senator Mark Arbib today announced that work would begin on the first phase of construction of 2,000 new social houses in WA under a joint State-Federal initiative.
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Cap on property value for first home owner assistance
Thursday, 5 March 2009
Treasurer Troy Buswell today announced Cabinet approval for legislation setting a limit of $750,000 on the value of properties eligible for the State’s First Home Owner Grant (FHOG).
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New Treasurer moves on Old Treasury
Thursday, 19 February 2009
The State Government has named Mirvac/Cbus as the preferred proponent for the redevelopment of Perth’s Old Treasury Buildings following an extensive evaluation process.
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More than 1,000 new homes for Perth and the regions
Monday, 2 February 2009
The Liberal-National Government has announced a major stimulus package to boost the housing construction industry and reduce pressure on the state’s social housing sector.
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Health, education and public housing key priorities in capital works program
Monday, 2 February 2009
The Liberal-National Government has today announced key policy decisions as part of its ongoing review of major capital works — including the fast-tracking of the building of more than 1,000 new homes in the next 12 months.
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Housing and Works to be split
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
Treasurer Troy Buswell has today announced a significant reform of the Government’s Housing and Works operations for which he also has portfolio responsibility.
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Taskforce to tackle lengthening public housing waiting list
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
A social housing taskforce is to be established to review the acute shortage of public housing in Western Australia and to come up with innovative strategies for addressing the problem.
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Audit of Aboriginal housing vital to better management and policy
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
The State Government has completed a comprehensive audit of the location and condition of all Aboriginal housing in outback Western Australia.
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Promising start for resurrected shared equity scheme
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
The Liberal-National Government is on track to help as many as 1,000 first home buyers into properties by June 30, 2009 under the revised First Start shared equity home loan scheme.
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Native title issues frustrate community works
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
Housing and Works Minister Troy Buswell has called for a new approach to resolving native title and Aboriginal heritage issues that are holding up the provision of new housing and facilities for indigenous communities.
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Grahame Searle appointed Director General of Housing and Works
Thursday, 6 November 2008
Housing and Works Minister Troy Buswell has appointed Grahame Searle as Director General of the Department of Housing and Works (DHW).
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Urgent Bill to retrospectively aid first home buyers
Wednesday, 5 November 2008
Legislation is under way to give effect in Western Australia to the Commonwealth Government’s recently announced First Home Owners Boost (FHOB).
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Labor leaves behind a $235 million housing black hole
Thursday, 23 October 2008
Treasurer and Housing and Works Minister Troy Buswell is reviewing options for an overhaul of the funding arrangements and functions of the Department of Housing and Works (DHW).
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New rules target shared equity home purchase assistance to the most needy
Thursday, 16 October 2008
Treasurer and Housing and Works Minister Troy Buswell today announced revised criteria for the FirstStart shared equity scheme to ensure the most needy first home buyers continued to be helped and that an extra funding injection would last the financial year.
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Increased first home buyer grants welcomed
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Treasurer and Housing and Works Minister Troy Buswell has welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement that the First Home Owners' Scheme grant will be doubled from $7,000 to $14,000, and tripled to $21,000 in the case of newly constructed first homes.
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FirstStart funding boost to help needy homebuyers
Monday, 13 October 2008
The Treasurer and Minister for Housing and Works Troy Buswell has today announced an extra $70 million in funding will be made available immediately to keep FirstStart, the State’s shared equity housing assistance scheme, operating until June 30 next year.
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