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Answers to questions
Housing—rental
(Question No 2526)
Ms Le Couteur asked the Minister for Housing and Suburban Development, upon notice, on 17 May 2019:
(1) When did the Affordable Rental Scheme (ARS) commence operating.
(2) Is the ARS still operating; if so, is the ARS still taking on new tenants.
(3) How are or were ARS properties funded and/or sourced, for example, purchased from the private market, constructed specifically for the ARS, sub-leased from Housing ACT.
(4) For each year of the ARS’s operation, can the Minister provide the number of dwellings in (a) the ARS and (b) each suburb.
(5) How are ARS properties allocated.
(6) Who makes decisions about ARS allocations and is there a waiting list.
(7) Can the Minister provide (a) the number of dwellings with a single tenant, (b) the number of dwellings with more than one tenant, (c) how many of the tenants are female, (d) How many of the tenants are male and (e) the number of households that fall into each of the rent bands.
(8) Given the Community Services Directorate website contains a factsheet about the rent setting model of the ARS, are the rent bands, listed as current as at 7 April 2014, in the document available at https://www.communityservices.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/585938/Fact-sheet-ARO-rent-bands.pdf, still current; if not, can the Minister provide information about the current rent bands, and where a prospective ARS tenant would find these.
(9) Can the Minister explain what “Commonwealth rent assistance imputed”, written under the table, refers to.
(10) Has the ARS been reviewed; if so, can the Minister provide details of any review/s.
Ms Berry: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
The Affordable Rental Scheme (ARS) provides affordable housing for older people who are on low incomes. Housing ACT manages this scheme on behalf of the Affordable Rental Office (ARO).
(1) The ARS commenced operating in December 2011.
(2) Yes, the ARS is still operating, and it is still taking on new tenants.
(3) The ARS properties were constructed for Housing ACT as part of a larger construction initiative and properties were then transferred to the ARS for affordable housing use.
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