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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION N01198

Housing Trust - Waiting List

MR CORNWELL - Asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services -In relation to the statement (page 8, ACT Budget Newsletter of December 1993) "While 66% of the stock is standard housing, only 11.4% of those on the waiting list are nuclear families requesting a traditional house"

(1) What do the other 88.6%, by percentage, want in terms of

accommodation.

(2) Does this mean some standard housing stock therefore is unused or

inappropriately used to house waitlisted people.

(3) If only 11.6% want standard housing which is 66% of stock, should not

the Trust sell off more stock to obtain funds to accommodate waitlist

needs, and if not, why not.

(4) Of properties which the Trust has built or will build this financial year,

how many are (a) three bedroom houses; (b) four or more bedroom

houses; (c) two bedroom houses; (d) Aged persons Units; (e) bedsitters;

(f) one bedroom flats; (g) two bedroom flats; (h) other (please specify).

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

(1) Of the 6 385 households seeking accommodation as at

31 January 1994, 29.8% were registered for houses, 59.7% were registered

for single flats, 7.6% were registered for family flats and 2.9% were

registered for aged accommodation.

(2) No.

(3) The Housing Trust sells dwellings each year, and these funds are

recirculated into capital funds to produce stock that meets the needs of

its client groups.

(4) Properties to be built in 1993/94 are:

(a) 31 three bedroom houses.

(b) 3 four or more bedroom houses.

(d) 22 Aged Persons Units.

(e) 0 bedsitters.

(f) 39 one bedroom flats.

(g) 35 two bedroom flats.

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