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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

Housing Trust - Purchases

QUESTION NO. 218

Ms Follett - asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services -

(1) How many houses were purchased by the Housing Trust in 1989-90 under the spot purchase program, and in what suburbs were they located.

(2) What was the purchase price of each house detailed at (1) above.

Mr Collaery - the answer to the Members questions is as follows:

(1)/(2) Under the spot purchase program in 1989-90, 72

houses and 24 flats were purchased, the details of

which are set out below. The spot purchase program

includes dwellings purchased for addition to the

housing stock, special purpose dwellings and sites

acquired for urban consolidation projects.

SUBURB NUMBER PURCHASED PRICE

Downer 2 $102,000

$ 85,000

Watson 1 - $ 80,000

Hackett 1 $ 92,000

Yarralumla 1 $145,000

Kingston 1 $165,000

Narrabundah 1 $ 80,000

Hughes 1 $ 91,000

Curtin 2 $ 93,000

$ 85,1D00

Lyons 1 $ 95,000

Garran 1 $ 95,000

Farrer 2 $104,000

$ 86,500

Waramanga 3 $115,000

$112,000

$ 95,000

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