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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 144

Housing Trust - Carpets

MR CORNWELL- asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services

In relation to the recent report ( Valley View, 5 May 1992) that a Gowrie mother of three had no carpet in her ACT Housing Trust home - Is it Trust policy to provide housing without carpets: if not why was this property made available while still uncarpeted when the occupants already were housed elsewhere.

MR CONNOLLY- The answer to the members question is as follows:

It is the policy of the ACT Housing Trust to make houses available whether or not they are carpeted.

A policy to progressively carpet all Housing Trust properties was introduced in October 1990. Applications for carpeting of properties are assessed on a needs basis, and tenants with young children are accorded the highest priority.

In the period October 1990 to 30 June 1991, 767 properties were carpeted at a program cost of $1.1 M. In the period 1 July 1991 to 19 May 1992, 865 properties were carpeted at a total program cost of $1.17M.

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