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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
ACT LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Housing Trust Tenants - Noise Levels
QUESTION NO 273
Mr Wood - asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services -
(1) What controls do the Housing Trust exercise over its tenants who create excessive noise or disturbance to neighbours, especially in areas of high density living.
(2) In what circumstances are tenants who persistently
ignore requests to moderate noise levels evicted.
Mr Collaery - the answer to the Members question is as follows:
(1) The Acknowledgement of Tenancy entered into by all tenants provides that the tenant ".. will not use the premises .... for any purpose which may be or become a nuisance annoyance inconvenience or disturbance to the Commissioner or to the tenants or occupiers of any other property in the neighbourhood."
An additional clause also is added to a Schedule of Rules attached to . all Acknowledgements of Tenancy for flats:
Tenants their servants or guests shall not make or permit any objectional noises to be made in the building or interfere in any way with other tenants or those having business with them or allow any radio, television or musical instruments or equipment of any kind whatsoever, to be operated so that the sound arising therefrom shall be unreasonably loud or cause annoyance to other tenants in the building."
Whenever a situation of this natures is brought to notice the alleged offender is visited by an officer of the Trust, who also conducts a check of surrounding neighbours to verify whether a complaint is justified.
If so, the offender is reminded of their responsibilities under the Tenancy, and requested, in common courtesy to others in the neighbourhood, to exercise some restraint in their actions.
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