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A diverse group of tenants have agreed and signed up to be part of the pilot. The mixture includes young families, elderly couples, and people with physical disabilities. The diversity is empowering clients to build community.
3. The tenants come from a variety of backgrounds, ages, locations and with differing health issues and stories. The program aims to facilitate the emergence of a community, with the tenants actively working together and early evidence show that a “feel good” factor exists within the complex. To promote stronger neighbourhoods, the program provides for early and ongoing engagement with tenants including one-on-one conversations to link any needed supports and facilitates social and local connections between residents and the wider community where possible.
There have been no instances of anti-social behaviour. Zero complaints and the emergence of a community is prevalent with tenants actively engaging and “looking after” one another. Tenants are awaiting WCS to help them build their governance structure and enhancing their sense of community with regards to social activities and community events. Housing ACT is actively looking to engage with other community and local partners to support and enhance the program at each complex.
4. Housing ACT is using a staged approach to move tenants into the complex, support them to settle into their new homes and with getting to know their neighbours and their community. This approach has been key to the success of the pilot so far.
For the remaining units to be tenanted, prospective tenants will be invited to learn more about the pilot. These prospective tenants may be identified via Housing ACT’s current renewal program or the housing registers to maximise the diversity of tenants within the complex. Offers are still being made to prospective clients, however COVID-19 may impact the number of offers that are made and accepted and may delay move-in dates and fully tenanting the complex.
5. The program is implemented as a business as usual function.
6. Yes, there are currently two other complexes taking part in the Building Communities Pilot Program. They are in Monash and Holder.
7. The Justice and Community Safety Directorate administers the Strong Connected Neighbourhoods, which is part of a collaboration that also involves Housing ACT, ACT Health and ACT Policing along Ainslie Avenue. The partnership is expanding to a second site in Belconnen.
Public housing—supply
(Question No 2927)
Ms Le Couteur asked the Minister for Housing and Suburban Development, upon notice, on 21 February 2020:
(1) How many social housing dwellings, ie income-based rents, are provided by non-government operators, eg community housing providers.
(2) Can the Minister provide numbers broken down by operator, and for each operator by ownership and management arrangement, eg ACT Housing dwellings managed under
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