Housing

The Department of Communities operates across the construction, property finance and human services sectors to create affordable housing opportunities for people who would otherwise have difficulty accessing appropriate housing.

Last updated: 23 April 2025

The Department of Communities (Communities) works in partnership with the private, government and not-for-profit sectors to deliver social housing across Perth and in regional and remote WA. This includes:

direct management of more than 36,000 public housing dwellings, and approximately 8,000 dwellings in partnership with community housing organisations
managing approximately 5,000 properties for Government employees under the Government Regional Officer Housing (GROH) Program
providing housing for 122 Aboriginal communities in remote locations throughout the state
constructing new social housing and overseeing the maintenance and refurbishment of social housing properties.

A range of government products and initiatives are also available to assist Western Australians into home ownership.