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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 10 Hansard (25 September) . . Page.. 3374 ..

MR STEFANIAK - The answer to the Member's question is as follows:

(1) One thousand one hundred and seven units are available for aged persons' rental accommodation through ACT Housing. Of these units, eight hundred and seventy five are Aged Persons' Units (APUs).

(2) (a), (b), (c) inclusive.

(As attached)

(e)

All ACT Housing APUs are built to ACT Housing Standards, one of which is that APU sites must be no more than 400 metres from a shopping centre.

(3) Thirteen Aged Persons Units are currently under construction.

(a) & (b)

Five APUs are being constructed in Knox Street (Block 7 Section 21 ) Watson and eight APUs are being constructed in Hardman Street (Blocks 1, 30, 31 Section 52) O'Connor.

(c)

The five units in Watson will be completed in October 1997 and the eight units in O'Connor will be completed in March 1998.

(4) It is planned to commence approximately 31 units this financial year.

(a) and (b)

Sixteen APUs are to be built in Fullagar Cres (Block 26 Section 12) Higgins. Five APUs are to be built in Burdett Cres (Block 6 Section 71 ) Theodore. Ten APUs are to be built in Nemarang Cres (Block 1 Section 40) Waramanga.

(c)

Handover of these APUs will commence in June 1998 and will be completed by October 1998.

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