Page 718 - Week 02 - Thursday, 16 February 2017

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(10) What proportion of social housing properties are occupied by indigenous Australians.

(11) In relation to social housing properties (excluding those procured or supplied by community service providers) for the years (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14, (c) 2014-15, (d) 2015-16 and (e) 2016-17 to date, what were the number of tenants evicted each year and the reasons for those evictions.

(12) In relation to properties procured or supplied by registered community housing providers for the years (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14, (c) 2014-15, (d) 2015-16 and (e) 2016-17 to date, what were the number of tenants evicted each year and the reasons for those evictions.

Ms Berry: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) The total number of public housing properties, at 30 June 2016 is at Attachment A. Responses have not been provided for parts b) and c) as the data for the community housing sector is not available.

(2) Public housing properties are:

(a) inspected to assess their condition over a 5 year rolling program,

(b) The condition of all major property attributes are assessed as part of the condition audits and the information on the state of repair of the property attributes forms the basis for the annual maintenance requirements,

(c) The number of repair and maintenance jobs each year that are related to tenant caused damage or vandalism is set out in the table below:

(d) Pursuant to the tenancy agreement, tenants are responsible for all costs for cleaning, damage and other items of repairs and maintenance above fair, wear and tear. The assessment of what items of repairs and maintenance constitute tenant responsible maintenance is initially determined by Spotless who is the Total Facilities Manager for the public housing portfolio. The tenant responsible maintenance costs are further reviewed by Housing ACT staff to adjust the tenant responsible maintenance charges for specific tenant issues, including the length of the tenancy, the tenancy household and any other specific issues that should be considered in whether to charge the tenant for the costs, such as domestic and family violence, break-ins and damage by external unknown parties. Once the tenant responsible maintenance charges are levied to a tenant’s account, appropriate actions commence to recover the debt.

(3) The total outstanding requests for repairs and maintenance by tenants for 2016-17 is set out in the table below:

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