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3.

Five applications for ARS properties were received in

2014-15;

Seven applications for ARS properties were received in

2015-16;

Five applications for ARS properties were received in

2016-17;

Twenty applications for ARS properties were received in

2017-18; and

Twenty-one applications for Affordable Rental Office properties were received in 2018-19.

4.

One application was deemed ineligible in 2014-15;

No applications were deemed ineligible in 2015-16 and 2016-17; and

One application was deemed ineligible in 2017-18 and 2018-19.

5. No application in any of these years resulted in the immediate allocation of a property under the ARS.

6.

Fourteen applications were placed on the ARS housing register in 2014-15;

Seven applications were placed on the ARS housing register in 2015-16;

Five applications were placed on the ARS housing register in 2016-17;

Twenty applications were placed on the ARS housing register in 2017-18; and

Twenty-one applications were placed on the ARS housing register in 2018-19.

7. Between 2014-15 and 2018-19 there was an average of 13.6 applications on the ARS housing register each year.

8. The average waiting time for ARS applicants to obtain a property over the past five years has been about 12 months.

9.

Two applications were withdrawn from the wait list in 2014-15;

Three applications were withdrawn from the wait list in 2015-16;

Two applications were withdrawn from the wait list in 2016-17;

Three applications were withdrawn from the wait list in 2017-18; and

Two applications were withdrawn from the wait list in 2018-19.

10. The household income limit for each year has not changes between 2014-15 and 2018-19

a. For one person the limit has been $45,956; and

b. For two people the limit has been $63,535.

11. The income limits for the ARS were set at 75% of ACT average weekly earnings in 2014 and, as noted in Question 10, these dollar limits have been remained unchanged since that time.


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