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(1) No Housing ACT tenant currently has pet restrictions. Housing ACT has in the past obtained orders from the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal restricting pets where ownership has caused a breach of the Residential Tenancies Act 1998.
(2) Housing ACT tenants are not bound by any other restrictions on subleasing apart from those contained in the Residential Tenancies Act 1998.
(3) The following is a breakdown of evictions over the last three years, by reason/cause, for Housing ACT tenants:
|
Reason/Cause |
2015-16 |
2016-17 |
1-7-2017 to |
|
Failure to pay rent |
17 |
16 |
4 |
|
Property condition |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
Anti-social behaviour |
1 |
1 | |
|
No cause provisions |
2 | ||
|
Removal of unauthorised occupant |
1 | ||
|
Total |
19 |
22 |
5 |
(4) Housing ACT tenants are not bound by any other restrictions on modifications apart from those contained in the Residential Tenancies Act 1998.
(5) Housing ACT captures and sorts complaints under the Complaints Handling and Management Platform categories of anti-social behaviour, fraud, property condition and maintenance. The complaints process does not specify if a complaint is the result of a tenant’s modification to the property.
Government—better suburbs statement
(Question No 805)
Ms Le Couteur asked the Minister for Transport and City Services, upon notice, on 27 October 2017:
(1) What types of community engagement will be used in the creation of the Better Suburbs Statement.
(2) What groups are being targeted for the consultation.
(3) What measures are being used to ensure that disengaged or marginalised groups are included in the consultation.
(4) How will the Better Suburbs Statement and consultation process intersect with the upcoming Participatory Budgeting Project for City Services.
(5) Will these two processes run concurrently.
(6) What is the longevity of the Better Suburbs Statement.
(7) How often will the Better Suburbs Statement be reviewed.
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