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The Premier congratulates Housing on award win
Thursday, 18 December 2014
The Honourable Premier Colin Barnett visited the Department of Housing to acknowledge Housing recently winning the overall award for Public Sector Excellence and the ‘Developing the Economy’ award in the 2014 Premier’s Awards.
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Strategic Plan 2020 goes interactive
Monday, 01 December 2014
As part of the launch of the Strategic Plan 2020 to external stakeholders, the Department of Housing has developed a new interactive website to ‘showcase’ the plan.
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Affordable apartment living launched in Queens Park
Thursday, 27 November 2014
The Department’s Director of Land and Housing Construction, Nigel Hindmarsh, said the $18 million Parkside development will deliver a variety of one, two and three bedroom homes to the market through the affordable sales program.
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Public housing tenants to be held accountable for visitors’ behaviour
Thursday, 13 November 2014
Department of Housing tenants whose visitors cause wilful damage to their homes or use them for illegal purposes have been issued with a warning that such behaviour will not be tolerated.
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Ellenbrook turns 20
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
This special anniversary also marks the start of a vibrant new housing development, offering an attractive lifestyle for up to 1300 households on the doorstep of the Swan Valley.

Buying your own home
We offer a range of options to help you own your own home Read More

Keystart Home Loans offers a range of home loan products that include low deposit and shared equity home loans.
View the range of affordable properties and land developments available for sale.
Find out more about Shared Home Ownership, the Department's new shared ownership scheme.

Rental Assistance Options
The Department offers a broad range of rental assistance options Read More

Try the Department's Income Eligibility Estimator to give you an idea of the housing products available to assist you.
Public Housing provides rental accommodation for more than 35,000 households across WA.
Bond Assistance Loan provides bond assistance and two weeks' rent in advance as an interest-free loan.

Homeless Advisory Service
Provide information to primary and secondary homeless people Read More

The Homeless Advisory Service provides information to primary and secondary homeless people which will assist them to seek their own accommodation.

This service seeks to assist homeless people to link with crisis accommodation services.
1800 065 892 (free call)
Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm

Am I Eligible?
You must meet certain conditions to qualify for Department of Housing products Read More

The Department's Income Eligibility Estimator provides a guide of products available to assist you.

Products covered by the estimator include public housing, bond loan assistance, national rental affordability scheme, community housing and various home loan products.