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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO 1263
Housing Trust Properties - Flat Complexes
MR CORNWELL - Asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services - What action has been taken to upgrade lighting in open spaces, laundries and car parks at the Allawah and Bega Flats following an undertaking in The Canberra Weekly of 10 March 1994 that such improvements would be undertaken within a month.
MR LAMENT - The answer to the Members question is as follows -
A Steering Committee has recently been established to make recommendations for improving the amenity, safety and security of the Allawah, Bega and Currong Flats. The Steering Committees membership includes residents from the flats and senior managers from the ACT Housing Trust. The Committees independent chairperson is Ms Betsy Gallagher.
On 3 May 1994 it was my pleasure to officially launch this tenant participation strategy at a public meeting at Currong Flats. I made it clear then that the projects success would depend on the residents of the three flats complexes being consulted about what works should be undertaken and what priority should be assigned to each of those works. This will be the Steering Committees responsibility.
An architect has held the first intensive round of discussions with tenants on options for landscaping, improved lighting along the paths and in the common areas, and secure courtyards. These ideas have been met with enthusiasm by the tenants. Some of the working drawings now need Planning Authority approval. The process of involving tenants in other aspects of the program, such as laundries and entry areas, is an ongoing one. The architect and the construction manager are working on site.
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