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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

Forestry Housing

QUESTION NO 118

Ms Follett - asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services:-on 29 March 1990

1) Is it true that there are two empty houses at the Pierces Creek forestry settlement.

2) Is it also true that several forestry workers have applied to live in the vacant houses.

3) Have those applicants been refused, and if so, for what reasons.

4) What alternative accommodation is being arranged for forestry workers refused access to housing at Pierces Creek.

Mr Collaery - the answer to the Members question is as follows:

1) Two previously vacant houses at Pierces Creek were recently occupied by unauthorised tenants. One of the houses was considered unsuitable for habitation and the other had been ready to be offered to a person on the public housing waiting list.

2) A forestry worker and his fiancee recently applied to register on the waiting list for government accommodation and specifically requested to be housed at the Pierces Creek forestry settlement.

3) These applicants were refused registration as their gross weekly income exceeded the eligibility limit for government accommodation.

4) Applicants for government accommodation whose incomes exceed the income limit generally seek accommodation in the private market. The Housing Trust is currently involved in discussions with the relevant unions concerning arrangements for the future management of the houses at the Pierces Creek forestry settlement. The applicants referred to at (3) above are currently occupying a house at Pierces Creek pending the outcome of the discussions with unions.

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