Page 1253 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 29 March 2017
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offended, as, I am sure, are residents who are moving into new housing that is being built as a replacement for old, unsustainable, inappropriate housing; it is not standard issue, it is about people’s homes and they mean much more to them than standard-issue housing.
Madam Speaker, I move the following amendment that has been circulated in my name:
Omit all words after “That this Assembly”, substitute:
“(1) notes:
(a) the important contribution that public housing tenants make to communities right across the ACT;
(b) Canberra’s ageing public housing stock, in some cases, no longer provides appropriate accommodation for many tenants;
(c) dispersing public housing and reducing concentrations of disadvantage contributes to a diverse and inclusive community;
(d) the ACT Government’s commitment through the Parliamentary Agreement to completing a $550 million program of renewal to replace 1288 of the ACT’s oldest public housing dwellings;
(e) the work of the Linking into New Communities Taskforce which works closely with, and provides support to, tenants to maintain community linkages before, during and after their move to their new location;
(f) the Asset Recycling Initiative (ARI) agreement which the ACT Government has signed with the Commonwealth Government requires infrastructure assets to be marketed, sold and settled, with replacement public housing dwellings completed by 30 June 2019;
(g) the process of relocating public housing tenants from Northbourne Avenue, into temporary accommodation, constructing new housing on the site, and moving public housing tenants back into the new developments could not have been completed within the specified ARI timeframe; and
(h) the Government has been proactively purchasing alternative replacement properties in North Canberra and, to date, the number of properties in contract exceeds 170, and that 77 public housing tenants have so far been allocated new properties in North Canberra;
(2) further notes:
(a) that public consultation has now commenced on a number of new housing sites in Tuggeranong, Molonglo Valley, Weston Creek and Woden Valley;
(b) the Minister for Housing and Suburban Development has extended the period for people to comment, provide feedback, or request additional information by a further two weeks to a total of five weeks from the date of lodgement of a development application (DA); and
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