Page 2402 - Week 07 - Thursday, 27 August 2020
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Gungahlin, to deliver a range of services such as community housing, crisis accommodation, supported and transitional accommodation. These include properties used for mental health, justice and community services and children and young people. Properties are also provided to community organisations that support people with disabilities to live independently or in shared accommodation in the community. Properties are provided by way of service funding agreements, licence agreements, grants, sub-leases and/or head lease arrangements.
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Community Housing Providers |
Lease Agreements |
Contract/ Sub-Lease/ Grant Agreement Period |
|
Argyle Community Housing |
Common Ground – this is a Sub-Lease Ainslie Village |
2025 30 June 2021 |
|
Havelock Housing Association |
A range of Lease agreements across their portfolios |
30 June 2021 |
|
CatholicCare Affordable Housing Program |
Services Agreement License Agreement |
2025 with option to extend |
|
Tamil Senior Citizens Housing Sub-Committee |
Annual Grant |
30 June 2021 |
|
Balance of homelessness services/ Care & Protection/ Mental Health/ JACS etc |
This number is fluid as Lease Agreements on certain properties change. For example, a perpetrator of DV/FV may find the address of victim, so Housing ACT will cease the Lease Agreement with the Service Provider (eg: Northside Community Service) and create a new Lease Agreement on an alternative property to accommodate the victim. |
Various |
3. Most contract/grants relating to community housing providers are expiring on 30 June 2021.
The ACT Government announced on 18th August 2020 that contracts that are due to expire in June 2021 will be extended until June 2022 to provide certainty of funding to the sector through COVID-19. This will enable a strategic and collaborative consultation to re-design service delivery outcomes and develop procurement and re-tendering processes with the sector.
4. Housing ACT’s head lease arrangements automatically ‘roll over’ into periodic tenancy agreements. This allows flexibility that enables the provider to continue providing ongoing tenancy management to the household. Should Housing ACT, or the provider, wish to terminate a tenancy, all actions are completed in accordance with the Residential Tenancies Act.
Housing ACT—tenancy allocation
(Question No 3219)
Mr Parton asked the Minister for Housing and Suburban Development, upon notice, on 24 July 2020:
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