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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 1319

Housing Trust - Rent Arrears-

MR CORNWELL - Asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services -Further to your offer (letter of 17 May 1994) to provide aggregated data on ACT Housing Trust rental arrears rather than tenant-specific-data -

(1) As at 16 June 1994, what was tenant arrears, by suburb for (a)

current accounts; and (b) vacated accounts.

(2) How many (a) houses; (b) flats; and (c) bedsitters are involved by

suburb in (1) (a) and (1) (b).

(3) In 1993-94 (a) how many houses, by suburb, required "extensive

renovation" as a result of wilful damage by tenants; and (b) what

was the financial cost, by suburb, of it.

MR LAMONT - The answer to the Member's question is as follows (as at 1 July 1994) -

(1) Refer to Attachments A and B.

(2) This information is not readily available.

(3) This information is not available.

However, $648,502 was raised in work orders for tenant responsible maintenance (wilful and accidental ) for the period 1 July 1993 to 26 June 1994. This includes the cost to repair wilful damage but it cannot be separately identified.

Tenant responsible maintenance is claimed back from tenants.

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