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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

QUESTION NO. 210

Housing Trust - Tenant Newsletter

MR CORNWELL - asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services -

In relation to your reply to Question on Notice No. 11 that three annual editions of the ACT Housing Trusts Tenant Newsletter in 1991 cost $32 547.92 to publish -

(1) What was the 1991 annual cost of posting this publication to all tenants.

(2) What is the purpose and what is the demand for this publication.

(3) Could not genuine information be provided to tenants in a cheaper

manner. -- -

MR CONNOLLY - the answer to the Members question is as follows:

(1) $19 386.97.

(2) The Newsletter informs tenants of new policy, or changes to existing policy and procedure. In the Tenant Satisfaction Survey conducted in 1991 some 97% of those tenants who responded indicated that they read the Newsletter.

(3) No. The Newsletter is the most cost effective means of providing a range of information to public tenants.

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