Page 1451 - Week 04 - Thursday, 12 April 2018
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In the Census data, rented dwellings can be sorted by a set of categories called “LLDD Landlord Type”. This shows the number of dwellings in each suburb rented from a “State or Territory housing authority” (i.e. public housing) and from a “Housing co-operative/community/church group”. This second category does not completely align with the Territory definition of “community housing” and is used only as an indicator.
Housing ACT also supplies data on public housing numbers extracted from their database.
As the Notifiable Instrument makes clear, Table 2 of Schedule 2 is provided for information purposes only.
(3) As referred to in response to part (2), the information in Table 2 of Schedule 2 in relation to community housing is used only as an indicator. The ACT Government therefore relies on the accuracy of the data provided through the 2016 Census and does not account for incorrect self reporting.
For its own policy development purposes, the ACT Government liaises with ACT registered Community Housing Providers from time to time to identify the quantum of dwellings provided locally by this sector. This information is not reconciled with Census data.
(4) The ACT Government calculated the current rates of public, community and affordable housing in the suburbs in column 1 of Table 2 of Schedule 2 of the City Renewal Authority and Suburban Land Agency Housing Target Determination 2018 (No1), by dividing the sum of public, community and affordable housing dwellings in columns 3, 4 and 5 of the table by the total dwellings in the suburb in column 2 of the table and multiplying by 100 to provide a percentage rate in column 6 of the table. The percentages in column 6 have been rounded up or down to the nearest whole number. The percentage numbers for Taylor, Strathnairn and Throsby were unable to be calculated as meaningful percentages as no dwellings had been constructed in those suburbs as at 2016 census. However, homes have been constructed in those suburbs since that time, therefore explaining why some affordable homes were recorded as being purchased in Throsby and Taylor as at January 2018.
(5) The ACT Government is unable to provide the data requested in the format requested.
The Public Housing Renewal Taskforce (the Taskforce) and Housing ACT are dispersing public housing across Canberra including in both new and established suburbs, and are continuing to investigate other sites that could be considered suitable for public housing in a range of locations.
Many sites will not have their location made publically available in order to give public housing tenants a better chance to integrate into the community, and to continue the “salt and peppering” approach to public housing throughout Canberra in a socially inclusive way.
Further information about some of these sites is available at www.act.gov.au/housingrenewal and Attachment A provides a district and suburb level analysis as at January 2018.
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