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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 1453

Housing Trust Properties - Acquisitions

and Disposals

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

(1) What types of dwellings (eg 2,3 or 4 bedroom houses or flats) were the 97 ACT Housing Trust properties disposed of in 1993-94.

(2) What types of dwellings (eg 2,3 or 4 bedroom houses or flats) were the 145 Trust properties acquired in 1993-94.

(3) How many people, by maximum normal eligibility criteria, can be housed in those dwellings referred to in (1) and (2).

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

(1) The 97 ACT Housing Trust properties disposed of in 1993-94 were all

houses. They consisted of 10 two bedroom, 79 three bedroom, 7 four

bedroom and 1 forty bedroom.

(2) 1 2 3 4 >4 Total

Houses 0 9 36 7 1 53

Flats 39 35 0 0 0 74

APUs 18 0 0 0 0 18

Total 57 44 36 7 1 145

(3) The number of people, by maximum normal eligibility criteria, that could be housed is (1) 590 and (2) 427.

Waiting lists for public housing reflect the demographic move towards more family units and smaller family units. It is more expensive and more difficult to house many smaller family units than to house fewer traditional family units.

It should be noted that most of the 97 properties disposed of in 1993-94 were either underutilised or at the end of their economic life, and did not accommodate the maximum number of people possible. The type of stock acquired cater for smaller family units which reflect the current needs of the waiting lists.

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