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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

ACT LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

QUESTION ON NOTICE No 1229

Housing Trust - Tenant Accounts

MR CORNWELL- asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services - In relation to account numbers used by the ACT Housing Trust:

(1) Does the Trust operate an account for each property or each tenant.

(2) If the Trust operates an account for each tenant, why.

(3) Would not the attachment of an account number to a premises make it easier and faster to flag non payment of rent and to track maintenance costs etc per building and building type.

(4) What would be involved in changing account attachment from the tenant to the premises and is ISIP capable of such a change.

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

(1) The Trust operates an account for each tenant

(2) The Trust operates an account for each tenant so that a record of financial transactions and account balance for each client is available.

(3) No. The Housing Trust computer system, ISIP, is designed to maintain accurate and up to date information on the status of tenancy accounts and maintenance costs. Attaching accounts to premises would not make account management easier or faster.

(4) ISIP is capable of changing the account attachment from the tenant to the property. This would involve rewriting parts of the system. As no useful purpose would be achieved by such a change, no work has been done to detail the exact nature of the changes that would be required.

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