Page 1534 - Week 05 - Tuesday, 14 May 2019
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Housing ACT will also purchase around 140 homes from the market. It will be using the purchasing component of the program to grow its portfolio in areas with low holdings or where redevelopment opportunities are not available. To supplement the $100 million investment, Housing ACT will also sell around 700 older dwellings that will generate approximately $500 million to reinvest straight back into the growth and renewal of public housing. The sales program will be used to reduce holdings in areas where the amount of public housing is higher or where houses are not well located. It will also sell houses that no longer meet the needs of tenants or are no longer viable for long-term use.
Over 10 years, to 2024, the ACT government will have invested more than $1 billion in public housing and renewed approximately 20 per cent of the public housing portfolio. This is the largest investment and commitment of any government in Australia to public housing. If you compare our $100 million investment in public housing on a per capita basis to other jurisdictions, New South Wales would need to invest nearly $2 billion and Victoria would need to invest $1.5 billion.
Our ongoing commitment to the renewal and growth of public housing ensures we will continue to better meet the needs of vulnerable Canberrans in need of long-term housing. Because of this program, at least 200 additional households from our housing register will be able to access safe and secure affordable housing. The government will continue our investment in public housing.
I present a copy of the statement:
Public housing growth and renewal—Ministerial statement, 14 May 2019.
I move:
That the Assembly take note of the paper.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Matters of public importance
Statement by Speaker
MADAM SPEAKER: For the information of members, this morning 11 MPIs were lodged for discussion today. Four of those MPIs—those lodged by Ms Cheyne, Ms ,Orr, Mr Pettersson and Ms Cody—related to matters not subject to a specific area of ministerial responsibility. Accordingly, they were not included in the matters from which I selected today’s discussion.
I remind members that, as MPIs can be left in play for some weeks, they should avoid nominating a date for the discussion. I currently have an MPI for a date that has already passed. So as not to run the risk of me deciding that such matters may be out of order at a future date, I ask members not to include a date.
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