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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO. 690
Housing Trust - Waiting Lists
MR. CORNWELL - Asked the Minister for Housing and Community
Services -
(1) Is it a fact that people registered upon interstate public housing waiting lists can transfer to the ACT public housing waiting list without loss of waiting time.
( 2 ) Given that at 8 December 1992 the waiting time for a three bedroom ACT Housing Trust property was 33 months (answer to question on notice No 469) does portability mean an applicant who already had been waitlisted for 33 months interstate only needs to fulfil a six months ACT residency requirement before being accommodated.
(3) If the reply to (2) is affirmative, does this not discriminate against ACT applicants who could be pushed further and further back on the waiting list by interstate applicants with longer waiting time pedigrees.
(4) Are there any restrictions placed upon interstate applicants apart from the six months residency requirement, eg having a definite job offer.
( 5 ) If no restrictions are placed has any study been carried out to establish the cost to local ACT social services, both public and private, of this portability.
(6) How many applicants transferred from interstate public housing waiting lists to ACT public waiting lists in (a) 1991-92 and (b) 1 July 1992 to 31 March 1993.
( 7 ) How does the waiting time in the ACT for public accommodation in (a) 3 bedroom house, (b) 4 bedroom house, (c) one bedroom unit and (d) bedsitter compare with the following States (i). NSW, (ii) Victoria, (iii) Queensland, (iv) South Australia, .(v) Western Australia and (vi) Tasmania.
( 8 ) Do the interstate portability arrangements also delay the transfer of Trust tenants in temporary accommodation from being moved due to interstate applicants having better waiting list pedigrees than local tenants.
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