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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 721

Housing Trust Properties - Phillip

MR CORNWELL: Asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services

(1) Why have the eight new town houses and twelve flats built for the ACT Housing Trust in Port Jackson Crescent, Phillip taken six weeks to be occupied from date of completion.

(2) Why, despite the handing over of keys to these properties by the Minister on 5 May 1993, will tenants have to wait another week before moving in.

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

(1) Four of the eight town houses were handed over to the Housing Trust in late December 1992, with the remaining town houses handed over in mid February 1993. In both cases, the incoming tenants commenced occupancy of the townhouses within four weeks of hand over.

The twelve flats were completed and handed over to the Housing Trust on 4 May 1993, and allocation commenced one week after this hand over date. No flat has taken six weeks to allocate, although there may be some delay in tenants occupying dwellings since they have to terminate existing housing arrangements.

(2) Following hand over of the flats to the Housing Trust on 4 May 1993, the usual procedures to allocate such properties were initiated. These procedures include exchanging construction locks and keys, for individual locks and keys for each flat, arranging for electricity connection for public areas, and contacting incoming tenants to arrange allocation of the properties and the signing of the tenancy agreement. After allocation the tenant is responsible for arrangements such as electricity and gas connections prior to occupation of a property.

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