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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 32

Housing Trust - Maintenance Work

MR CORNWELL- asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services

(1) Do tradesmen doing maintenance or painting of ACT Housing Trust properties have to be licensed in the ACT.

(2) If not, what quality control can the Trust exercise upon the standard of work carried out by these tradesmen in Trust properties.

MR CONNOLLY- The answer to the members question is as follows:

(1) All electrical, plumbing and gas maintenance is undertaken by licensed people with trade qualifications. There is no formal requirement for painters or those involved in other minor repairs to be licensed.

(2) Under current arrangements maintenance and painting is managed by the Building Assets Maintenance Section (BANS.) of the Department of Urban Services, who supervise all work.

Housing inspectors carry out inspections on a large sample of work supplied through A.M. and any unsatisfactory work is referred back to A.M. for correction. These arrangements ensure a high standard of maintenance service to the Trust.

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