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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO. 650

Housing Trust - Household Structures

MR. CORNWELL - Asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services - In relation to the ACT Housing Trust submission to the Industry Commission Inquiry into Public Housing and the statements in Attachment One at page 10:

" We do not keep up to date information on the structure of households paying full rents ( approximately 20% of households)."

And at page 18:

"at 31 December 1992 84.4% of the Housing Trusts tenants were receiving rebates..." -

(1) How many households were paying full rents at 31 December 1992.

( 2 ) If the reply to (1) is only 15.6% what now is the percentage of rental rebate households on which reliable data on household structure exists.

( 3 ) What was the reason for the inaccurate percentages in the submission to the Inquiry and will the mistake be corrected.

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

(1) 1869.

( 2 ) The Housing Trust is part way through a comprehensive review of its data base on the new computer. Reliable data on the structure of households now exists for 40% of households.

( 3 ) The attachments to the Industry Commission report contained indicative information only as denoted by the use of the word "approximately". A more detailed response will be provided during formal consultation with the Commission

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