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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NQ. 691

Housing Trust - Single Mother Tenants

MR. CORNWELL - Asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services - In relation to the Ministers reference to the publication of the fears and views of the three single mothers (The Canberra Times 4 April 1993) as a "media beat-up" and "a bit of an exaggeration": -

(1) Is the Minister saying that those young women and their children are not in any form of danger.

(2) Is the Minister denying that the problem that they describe - such as harassment by persons hanging about and drinking on stairways and in laundry areas, noise all throughout the night, fighting, drunkenness and drugs - are real and occur in these flats.

(3) Is the Minister saying that they have exaggerated their fears and they are not in danger should they go outside their flats at night.

(4) What steps is the ACT Housing Trust taking to ensure that these young women and their children are transferred out of the Bega Flats as soon as possible into more appropriate housing.

(5) How many single mothers and children are housed in the Bega Flats.

(6) How many of those single mothers with children currently housed in the Bega Flats are on the transfer list and have requested accommodation out of the inner city.

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

(1) to (6) The ACT Housing Trust regularly consults with clients and community groups about issues concerning the social and physical environment at its flat complexes. It also encourages tenant participation to give the clients the opportunity to participate in discussions which affect their environment.

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