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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 1274

Housing Trust - Relocation of Tenants

of Demolished Properties

MR CORNWELL - Asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services -

(1) When a Trust property is demolished and replaced by aged persons units or other medium density accommodation, are the tenants of the demolished house(s) offered accommodation in the new buildings.

(2) Does the Trust actively encourage nearby Trust tenants who are occupying larger homes, perhaps older people whose families have moved away, to move into the newly built properties thus providing them with "more appropriate" accommodation while maintaining their networks within their established local area; if so, how; if not, why not.

MR LAMONT - The answer to the Members question is as follows -

(1) Yes.

(2) Yes. In appropriate circumstances the Housing Trust encourages tenants to relocate to accommodation in redevelopments nearby. A Housing Trust officer will meet with suitable tenants and explain the advantages of relocation. A tenants suitability for relocation depends on the nature of the redevelopment.

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