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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO. 421

Housing Trust - Tenant Standards

MR CORNWELL - asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services

In relation to the Housing Trust

(1) Does the Trust set a minimum standard of behaviour for its tenants in order to preserve the social amenity for neighbours of those tenants.

(2) If so, how are the tenants advised of these expected standards.

(3) If so, and the tenants do not uphold these minimum standards, what action is taken by the Trust.

(4) If no minimum standards of behaviour are set, why not.

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

(1) Housing Trust tenants sign a tenancy agreement when accepting a

house or flat. The tenancy agreement has a clause in it that states

that tenants will not be a nuisance or cause a disturbance

to other tenants or occupiers of any other property in the

neighbourhood.

(2) Tenants read and sign the tenancy agreements in the presence of a Trust officer who also witnesses the tenants signature on the agreement. Trust officers emphasise important sections of the agreement to the tenants and inform the tenant that legal action may be taken if persistent breaches of the agreement occur.

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