Published: 29 August 2022
THERE are 356 new social housing properties scheduled for construction over the next 12 to 18 months.
But only 285 social housing properties have been built in the region over the past five years.
According to information tabled in the Legislation Council last week at the request of Murchison independent MLC Ruth Forrest, 79 of the new properties are to be built in Circular Head and 71 in the Waratah-Wynyard council area.
There will be 65 social housing properties built in Burnie, 62 on the Central Coast, and 41 in Devonport.
There have been 62 new housing dwellings completed in the North West over the past 12 months, with 25 of the properties based in East Devonport.
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