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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO. 497
Housing Trust - Problem Tenants
MR. CORNWELL - asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services -In relation to tenants of ACT Housing Trust properties -
(1) How does the Housing Trust deal with complaints about its tenants behaviour.
(2) Does the Housing Trust involve the neighbourhood in its efforts to solve social problems which may be caused by its tenants.
(3) Does the Housing Trust at any stage accept responsibility for its tenants social behaviour (or more particularly their misbehaviour).
(4) What steps does the Housing Trust take to persuade its tenants to be more acceptable members of their local community if it is proven that they "do not fit in".
(5) Does the Housing Trust move "problem" tenants if a previously settled neighbourhood is truly being disrupted by anti-social and/or illegal activities of a newly accommodated Housing Trust tenant.
(6) Rather than simply continuing to move a problem tenant does the Housing Trust ever refuse to continue provision of accommodation.
(7) Does the Housing Trust, in order to deal with "problem tenants", ever change such tenants to a rental subsidy and allow such a tenant to rent on the private market and accordingly be dealt with by the accepted and legal processes existing therein. If not, why not.
(8) If numerous complaints are received from the neighbourhood about a "problem" Housing Trust tenant and, after a period of time during which the problem is not eased by the Housing Trust as landlord, several of the Housing Trusts other more long-term tenants who are part of that neighbourhood place themselves on a transfer list in order to move to a safer more congenial neighbourhood away from the particular "problem" tenant, what action does the Housing Trust take.
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