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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO 1273
Housing Trust - Rent Relief Program
MR CORNWELL - Asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services -In relation to rent relief tenants in private rental accommodation -
(1) Are all such rent relief tenants on the waiting list for ACT Housing Trust accommodation.
(2) If such a rent relief tenants fails to pay the rent relief money to the landlord, are they removed from the Trust waiting list.
(3) If a rent relief tenant is evicted from private rental accommodation for damaging the property, are they removed from the Trust waiting list.
(4) If the answers to (2) and (3) are in the negative, why is this so.
(5) If the Trust is unable to confirm if tenants are in such circumstances as at (2) and (3), why is this so.
MR LAMONT - The answer to the Members question is as follows -
(1) Yes. The purpose of rent relief is to assist private tenants to meet their rent commitments while they await the allocation of public housing.
(2) No.
(3) No.
(4) A person can only be removed from the waiting list in accordance with the provisions of Public Rental Housing Assistance Program. The payment of monies by a private sector tenant to their landlord and the maintenance of their property are matters which are specified in the contract between the landlord and the tenant. The Housing Trust is not a party to the contract.
(5) The Housing Trust determines whether payment of rent has been made by rent relief applicants prior to approving an application. The Housing Trust is not a party to the contract between a private sector landlord and their tenant and has no legal role in the relationship between the landlord and tenant.
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