Page 3454 - Week 11 - Wednesday, 13 October 1993

MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION N0.970

Housing Trust - Broken Families

MR. CORNWELL - Asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services -

(1) Is housing being provided for people as a result of family break-up

irrespective of assets and if so, why.

(2) What procedures exist in such circumstances to ensure that

following, say, the sale of the family hone, the assets accruing to the

Housing Trust tenant are taken into account when assessing

future rent or future eligibility.

(3) What evidence is sought to substantiate claims at (2).

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

(1) No. However, the ACT Housing Trust =.3s allocated public housing

on a restricted tenancy to persons in extreme need where they are

registered for public housing and their family house is to be sold as

part of the property settlement.

(2) The Housing Trust obtains from housing ; applicants documentation

in the form of letters from solicitors, rep estate agents and banks

concerning their assets. Where housing =s provided on a restricted

tenancy pending the realisation of the asset from the sale of the

family home, the Housing Trust monitors any progress of the

proposed sale. When the assets of a Ho,,:-sing Trust tenant who is on

a restricted tenancy are realised, their eligibility for public housing is

reassessed. The tenancy is renewed if the tenant fulfils the eligibility

criteria for public housing.

Rental rebate is assessed on the tenant: income from all sources.

(3) Refer to answer at (2) above.