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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO. 1006

Housing Trust - Rent Arrears

MR. CORNWELL - Asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services - How do you reconcile the claim that "bad debts are falling by $200,000 a month" (The Canberra Times 9 September 1993) when rent arrears have "jumped by $400,000 for vacated homes to $2.8 million and by $700,000 to $2.7 million for current accounts" (The Canberra Times 9 September 1993).

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

The report in The Canberra Times on 9 September 1993 quoting the Commissioner for Housing as saying that bad debts are falling by $200,000 a month was based on a comparison between the current and vacant arrears as at 30 June 1993 and 29 August 1993. The situation at those dates is as follows:

CURRENT ARREARS VACATED ARREARS TOTAL ARREARS

30.6.93 2,720,717 2,387,692 5,108,409

29.8.93 2,280,175 2,879,374 5,159,549

%CHANGE -16.19% +20.59% +1.00%

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