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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 1251

Housing Trust - Maintenance Budget

MR CORNWELL: Asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services -

In relation to reported comments by Mr Ken Horsham, Community Times 10 March 1994, that the Housing Trust budgets $16.5 million each year for maintenance but (by simply turning one page) the Trust spends an average of $20 million each year -

(1) Does the Trust regularly "blow" its budget by approximately $3.5 million per year.

(2) Does the Trust approach its finances each year with an intention to "blow certain sections of its budget.

(3) If the Trust overspends an average of $3.5 million per year but doesnt overspend on its entire budget, what programs or sections are shortchanged in order to provide this extra $3.5 million for maintenance.

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

(1) No

(2) No

(3) None

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