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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO 574
Public Aged Persons Units - Tuggeranong Valley
Mr Jensen - asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services:-
(1) What is the current waiting time for public Aged Persons Units (APUs) in the Tuggeranong Valley.
(2) What assessments and/or studies have been conducted, or are currently in process to identify the future needs for public APUs in the Tuggeranong Valley.
(3) How many public APUs are to be built each year in the
Tuggeranong Valley over the next three years.
Mr Connolly - the answer to the Members question is as follows:-
(1) The waiting time for APUs in the Tuggeranong Valley, as at
5 September 1991, is 3 years and 8 months for a 1 bedroom APU, and
3 years and 3 months for a 2 bedroom APU.
The waiting time for 2 bedroom APUs is comparable with other districts.
The waiting time for 1 bedroom APUs is the second shortest after Belconnen (3 years).
(2) The ACT Housing Trust, in assessing requirements for the types and numbers of public housing needed by area, goes through the following processes:
- analysis of waiting lists
- analysis of population projections
- consultation with District Offices.
(3) The Housing Trust has programmed 6 APUs for construction in the Tuggeranong Valley for 1991/92.
No other APUs are currently programmed over the next 3 years, however the Housing Trust is actively seeking suitable sites in the Tuggeranong Valley and recognises the need over time for this type of accommodation in the area.
The opportunity to meet assessed need is constrained by availability of suitable land in the area, particularly with land development by the private sector in the new release areas. This difficulty will be addressed in future land releases in Tuggeranong, West Belconnen and Gungahlin through the Deed of Agreement process whereby land developers will be required to hand back selected sites to the Department of the Environment, Land and Planning, for sale to the Housing Trust.
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