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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO 451
Housing Trust - Aged Persons Units
MR CORNWELL- asked the Minister for Housing and Community
Services - In relation to Aged Persons Units (APUs) -
(1) How many are currently owned by the Housing Trust throughout Canberra.
(2) How many are currently under construction and when is it expected that these will be occupied.
(3) How many are planned for construction and occupation during 1993.
(4) How many applications for APUs are currently held by the Housing Trust and how many of those applicants are (a) occupying other Housing Trust premises; or (b) receiving rent relief while occupying privately owned premises.
MR CONNOLLY- The answer to the members question is as follows:
(1) The Housing Trust currently owns 803 Aged Persons Units.
(2) 16 are under construction. They will be occupied as soon as they are completed.
(3) The construction program for 1992/3 has a commitment target of 51 Aged Persons Units. All will be occupied as soon as they are handed over to the Housing Trust.
(4) 531
(a) 305 applicants are occupying other Housing Trust premises.
(b) The majority of the remaining 226 applicants are in receipt of rent relief. The exact numbers cannot be ascertained from present data banks.
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