Page 1972 - Week 07 - Thursday, 13 August 2020
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keeping people homeless. My understanding is that they have all basically come to the conclusion that it in fact costs the state an awful lot more than it should to keep someone homeless and that this is yet another reason why we should have more affordable housing, why projects like Common Ground are a good idea and why it is important to have the debate that we will shortly have about affordable housing.
Debate (on motion by Mrs Dunne) adjourned to the next sitting.
Health, Ageing and Community Services—Standing Committee
MR GENTLEMAN (Brindabella—Manager of Government Business, Minister for Advanced Technology and Space Industries, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Minister for Planning and Land Management, Minister for Police and Emergency Services and Minister for Urban Renewal) (3.23): Pursuant to standing order 211, I move:
That the Assembly take note of the following paper:
Health, Ageing and Community Services—Standing Committee—Report 10—Report on Inquiry into Maternity Services in the ACT—Government response, dated 13 August 2020.
Debate (on motion by Mrs Dunne) adjourned to the next sitting.
Housing—affordability
MR COE (Yerrabi—Leader of the Opposition) (3.23): I move:
That this Assembly:
(1) notes, regarding the cost of housing in Canberra:
(a) the ACT has a unique ability to control traditional state government and local council levers;
(b) the median price of detached houses in Canberra rose as follows:
(i) 2012 – $483 000;
(ii) 2016 – $623 000; and
(iii) 2020 – $819 000; and
(c) that the increasing cost of housing is placing high demands on public and community housing; and
(2) calls on the Government to provide an update to the Assembly, by the last sitting day of this term, with a detailed update on the following:
(a) the progress of the ACT Housing Strategy;
(b) the Government’s strategy to address the lack of affordable rental accommodation; and
(c) the planned number of high, medium, and low-density sites to be released for each of the next five years.
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