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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 3 Hansard (10 April) . . Page.. 935 ..

(g) 1 bedroom Aged Person Unit; and

(h) 2 bedroom Aged Person Unit.

What is the average wait-turn waiting time, by each regional office area, as at (i) 30 June 1996 and (ii) 31 January 1997.

(5) By dwelling type, listed in (4), how many ACT Housing dwellings are vacant as at 26 February 1997 and by regional office area.

Mr Stefaniak - the answer to the Member's question is as follows:

(1) The reporting capacity of ACT Housing's ISIP computer system does not allow information to be provided in the form required by these questions. Nevertheless, it has been possible to generate the following answers.

Housing Waiting List

30 June 1996: 4,347 applications

31 January 1997: 4,179 applications

ACT Housing's ISIP computer system can provide information about household type for the totality of people on the waiting list for public housing. This waiting list contains two sub-categories: (1) those waiting to be allocated public housing; and, (2) public housing tenants waiting to be transferred to alternative government accommodation. The ISIP computer system does not provide information about household type with respect to the two sub-categories themselves.

The number of people on the waiting list for public housing - which includes sub-categories (1) and (2) - by household type are represented by percentage as follows:

30 June 1996 31 January 1997
% %

Elderly Singles 2.37 2.60
Elderly Couples 8.04 8.37
Young Singles 28.42 26.51
Singles 20.33 19.44
Large Families 3.90 4.05
Medium Families 7.07 7.39
Small Families 23.08 24.89
Groups/Other 6.79 6.75

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