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(3) The number of people which each co-operative officially accommodates is determined by the number of bedrooms and the sleeping arrangements in each room. Co-operatives are autonomous bodies and the accommodation service provided is therefore determined by the cooperative according to identified need and to the rules of the cooperative.
(4) As stated earlier, all properties purchased by low income housing groups are either through Commonwealth capital grant funds or through private financing by the group. All other properties are head leased to groups by the ACT Housing Trust.
(5) Low income housing groups in the ACT are eligible for government assistance. This assistance is either in the form of Commonwealth capital grant funds, Commonwealth seeding grant funds or head leasing arrangements with the ACT Housing Trust. Some low income housing groups have obtained housing by utilising various housing options, such as part capital funding/leasing arrangements.
In the ACT the Community Housing Program and its predecessor the Local Government and Community Housing Program made capital funding available to low income housing groups from 1989/90 to 1992/93. These are listed in the table below. All other organisations received funding under the pilot Community Housing Expansion Program in 1983, 1984 and 1985 through the then Department of Territories.
Year Organisation Funding
1989/90 Barton Co-operative $128,000
Housing Society
Household of Meagre $222,618
Earners Inc.
1990/91 & Peasants of Ainslie $200,000
1991/92 Co-operative Housing
SEGAIS $132,450
1992/93 Havelock House $285,340
Association Inc.
National Brain Injury $300,000
Foundation
(6) The specific groups of tenants which each co-operative caters for are:
The Household of Meagre Earners Association Incorporated provides accommodation to families on low incomes.
SEGAIS Association Incorporated provides accommodation for women with stress disorders and physical disabilities.
Meidalant Association Incorporated provides accommodation for women on low incomes and their children.
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