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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2002 Week 2 Hansard (21 February) . . Page.. 517 ..

MR CORNWELL (continuing):

All the approaches by my constituent to ACT Housing to require that their miscreant tenant abide not only by the tenancy agreement, but also by the broader rules about such things as suitable placement of a fowlrun, have been fruitless. My constituent has been advised that ACT Housing does not get involved in neighbourhood disputes. What a cop-out!

In the private sector and in real life, a property manager will act on complaints about the condition of a property, and about the violent or otherwise anti-social behaviour of tenants. ACT Housing, as landlord, clearly has a right and an obligation to do that. The expectation of the community is that ACT Housing will act to preserve the amenity of ACT neighbourhoods and will cease to simply fob off complainants and send them to the court system. It is a massive cop-out, and it is to ACT Housing's shame that this should be the case.

MR SPEAKER: Order! It being 5.30 pm, in accordance with standing order 34, the Assembly stands adjourned until 5 March 2002.

The Assembly adjourned at 5.30 pm until Tuesday, 5 March 2002, at 10.30 am

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