Question
(UPT p 45-46)
MR RATTENBURY: My next question, minister, I feel you may say it is your colleagues’ responsibility, but as you are here for the government, we will give it a go. Housing ACT has over, I think, some period of time now expressed a reluctance to be part of bodies corporate. I wanted to explore whether that is the policy position and whether—firstly, whether it is. Perhaps I will start there.
Ms Cheyne: Do you mean in situations where Housing ACT has one or two or ten units in a complex but the complex has a private.
MR RATTENBURY: Yes, and my understanding is there is a reluctance for public housing to be in those buildings because of issues with bodies corporate, both the fees, the participation requirements and the like.
Ms Cheyne: I will take as much as I can on notice. The information that I have, if it is of use, is that there are a total of 1,093 units across 413 unit plans in the public housing portfolio with 918 dwellings across 381 unit plans being managed by external strata companies and 175 dwellings across 32 unit plans being managed directly by Housing assistance.
MR RATTENBURY: Okay, so you certainly have quite a few.
Ms Cheyne: That is the extent of my knowledge, but I am happy to take whatever else on notice.