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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION N0.1174

Housing Trust - Animals in Flats

MR. CORNWELL - Asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services -In relation to the Ministers letter of 1 February 1994 concerning ACT Housing Trust policy and procedures on keeping of animals in flats -

(1) Apart from "sight and hearing impaired persons requiring

guide dogs", what other circumstances would apply to permit

tenants to keep an animal.

(2) How many complaints were received in 1993 about animals

in Housing Trust flats.

(3) How many of these complaints led to (a) the animal being

removed and (b) the tenant being evicted.

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

(1) Another circumstance under which permission to keep

animals may be granted is where an the elderly or ill tenant

requires companionship. As mentioned previously,

applications from a tenant to keep an animal are each dealt

with on their merits.

(2) This information is not readily available.

(3) (a) Animals have been removed but the number involved is

not known.

(b) The keeping of animals has not been cited as a sole reason for the termination of a tenancy. However, it has been a contributing factor in certain cases.

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