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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO. 672

Housing Trust - Student Rent Subsidies

MR. HUMPHRIES - Asked the Minister for Housing and Community

Services - In relation to full-time students in the ACT -

(1) Are any ACT Government rent subsidies available to such students.

( 2 ) Are such subsidies, if any, available to students who are not permanently resident in the ACT.

(3) On what basis are rent subsidies made available to students.

(4) Are such students eligible for ACT Housing Trust houses or units.

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

(1) TO (4) Students who meet the ACT Housing Trusts eligibility criteria for housing may apply to be registered on the waiting list for housing. The Public Rental Housing Assistance Program states that an applicant is eligible for assistance if "the applicant is resident or employed in the Australian Capital Territory". Students who are not resident in the ACT are not eligible for ACT Housing Trust assistance.

Once registered on the ACT Housing Trusts waiting list students may apply for rent relief whilst leasing accommodation in the private market.

Students who are tenants of ACT Housing Trust properties, may be eligible for rent rebate.

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