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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 1354

Housing Trust - Rent Arrears Payment Agreements

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

(1) How many ACT Housing Trust tenants are on arrears repayment agreements and how many Trust tenants have arrears but are not on arrears repayment agreements.

(2) What percentage of total Trust tenants does each group represent.

(3) What was the total amount at 30 June 1994 outstanding on arrears

repayment agreements.

(4) What is the approximate average arrears outstanding and what is the approximate average fortnightly repayment.

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

(1) As at 14 August 94 there were 1,150 Housing Trust tenants on rent arrears

agreements and 4,826 who were not on agreements.

(2) The total number of Housing Trust tenants on 14 August 1994 was 11,941

of which 50% were in arrears with their rent payments. Of the 11,941

tenants 9.6% were on rent arrears agreements and 40.4% were not on

agreements.

(3) The information is not available as at the date you requested, however, as at 3 July 1994, outstanding arrears relating to current accounts for which an agreement is in place, totalled $796,924.

(4) The latest available information is at 14 August 1994, when there were

1,150 current arrears repayment agreements in place. The total value of

arrears covered by agreement at this time was $696,008 giving an average

debt of $605.22. The average repayment is estimated to be $23.00 per

fortnight.

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