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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2004 Week 06 Hansard (Thursday, 24 June 2004) . . Page.. 2820 ..

- Canberra Co-Housing – Construction of six dwellings. Canberra Co-Housing Association has applied to the Land Development Authority for a site in the Gungahlin Town Centre. A decision in relation to the site is expected from the Land Development Authority in early 2004/05.

- Community Housing Canberra – Redevelopment of two dwellings. The dwellings proposed for redevelopment are in O’Connor and Ainslie.

- Community Housing Canberra and Abbeyfield Disability-Construction of a 10 Bedroom Dwelling. Abbeyfield Disability has applied to the Land Development Authority (LDA) for a community facility site in Curtin. The LDA is currently undertaking a public consultation process in relation to the allocation of this site to Abbeyfield Disability.

- Poachling Inc-Construction of three yurts. The three yurts are to be located in Lyneham, Braddon and Dickson.

- Tamil Senior Citizens Association – Isaacs. The Tamil Senior Citizens Association has applied to the Land Development Authority for a community facility site in Isaacs.

- Centacare – Centacare is currently seeking to purchase five properties in the Belconnen area to facilitate a community network of dwellings.

- Havelock Housing Association with the AIDS Action Council – Havelock Housing Association is currently seeking to purchase 2 houses with self-contained flats attached (4 dwellings) in the Central Canberra and Woden regions.

- Havelock Housing Association with Anglicare Canberra and Goulburn – Havelock Housing Association is currently seeking to purchase 2 houses with self-contained flats attached (4 dwellings) in the Central Canberra region.

(4) The total funding approved for community housing organisations in 2002-03 and 2003-04 is $6.287 million. Of this funding, $3.3 million has been approved for community housing organisations to purchase properties for community housing and $2.97 million has been approved for construction of properties.

The total actual cost is not available as construction or purchase of these properties has yet to be completed.

(5) No properties were purchased by community housing organisations from Housing ACT in 2001-02, 2002-03 or 2003-04.

(6) Not applicable, as no properties were purchased from Housing ACT.

(7) As part of the 2002-03 capital funding program for community housing, alternative financing mechanisms were examined for community housing. These included financial models to facilitate borrowings by the community housing organisation from private financial institutions and financial models to obtain dwellings for community housing through land and development projects.

The Affordable Housing Taskforce also examined a range of alternative financing or funding models. The Affordable Housing Interdepartmental Committee has been

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