- State Labor Government delivers more than 4,000 social homes since 2021
- Investment backed up by embrace of alternative construction methods, planning system reform, and measures to grow the construction workforce
- Delivery part of the State Labor Government's record $10.8 billion spend on housing and homelessness since 2021, to ensure every Western Australian has a place to call home
The State Labor Government has delivered more than 4,000 social homes since its record spend in housing and homelessness.
The State Labor Government is investing $10.8 billion in housing and homelessness measures since 2021, including $4.7 billion in the 2026-2027 State Budget.
The key delivery milestone has been reached following a number of initiatives such as the increased use of modular, prefabricated, and timber-framed construction methods, initiatives to grow the construction workforce including low and fee-free TAFE, and changes to streamline the State's planning system.
In recent months, the Cook Labor Government has completed the 112-unit East Perth Common Ground and appointed a community housing provider at Queens Riverside (formerly Fraser Suites), with the first tenants moved into both.
The Cook Labor Government is continuing to fund an ambitious social and affordable housing program, and a pipeline of housing construction work.
This includes at least 30 State-backed build-to-rent projects, including many supported by the Federal Government's Housing Australia Future Fund, and a second Common Ground underway in Mandurah.
As stated by Housing and Works Minister John Carey:
"The Cook Labor Government understands there continues to be pressure on housing and rental markets and that's why we are investing record amounts to deliver more social homes and affordable rentals.
"We have delivered more than 4,000 social homes since 2021 - with 4,062 delivered at the latest count - and thousands more social homes and affordable rentals in the pipeline.
"This has been made possible following our record spend in housing and homelessness, with the State budget including the biggest ever spend on housing measures.
"Key reforms to drive procurement reform, grow the construction workforce, cut red tape in the planning system, and embrace alternative build methods have also been crucial to meeting this milestone."
