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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION N0.1174
Housing Trust - Animals in Flats
MR. CORNWELL - Asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services -In relation to the Ministers letter of 1 February 1994 concerning ACT Housing Trust policy and procedures on keeping of animals in flats -
(1) Apart from "sight and hearing impaired persons requiring
guide dogs", what other circumstances would apply to permit
tenants to keep an animal.
(2) How many complaints were received in 1993 about animals
in Housing Trust flats.
(3) How many of these complaints led to (a) the animal being
removed and (b) the tenant being evicted.
MR. CONNOLLY - The answer to the Members question is as follows:
(1) Another circumstance under which permission to keep
animals may be granted is where an the elderly or ill tenant
requires companionship. As mentioned previously,
applications from a tenant to keep an animal are each dealt
with on their merits.
(2) This information is not readily available.
(3) (a) Animals have been removed but the number involved is
not known.
(b) The keeping of animals has not been cited as a sole reason for the termination of a tenancy. However, it has been a contributing factor in certain cases.
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