[Greens-Media] ACT Gov slowly follows Greens

[Manderson, Roland]

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ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey MEDIA RELEASE
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15 Aug 06
 
ACT Government follows Greens, slowly but surely

ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey has congratulated the ACT Government for its preparedness to put some effort into increasing the supply of Affordable Housing in the ACT. 
 
"Below is the motion I intend to move in the Assembly tomorrow.  I sent a copy of it to Chief Minister's office last week. I note that the Government announcement on its taskforce picks up on many of our concerns."

"What is still missing is any commitment to an implementation strategy with concrete targets and timelines."

"The ACT Government has already run a taskforce and several summits on housing affordability in the past few years.  It has never, however, committed to achieving any particular outcomes."

 "That is why I'll be moving the motion (see below) in the Assembly on Wednesday."


NOTICE OF MOTION

 Dr Deb Foskey MLA:	I give notice that on the next day of sitting, I shall move - That in relation to the supply of affordable housing in the ACT, this Assembly
 
(1)	Endorses the Chief Minister's proposal to establish a new Affordable Housing Taskforce within the Chief Minister's Department as a whole of government priority for 2006-07.

(2)	Calls on the ACT Government to ensure that this Affordable Housing Taskforce: 

(a)	considers the supply of affordable housing within a Human Rights framework; 

(b)	develops an Affordable Housing strategy that includes:
 i)	partnerships with relevant experts and stakeholders, including industry and community organisations; 
 ii)	a definition of affordable housing; and 
 iii)	comprehensive economic modelling and evaluation of various supply strategies for cost-effectiveness;  

(c)	creates a strategy which is consistent with ACT Government's Social Plan and Social Compact; and

(d)	delivers an implementation plan for the strategy which incorporates specific targets and timelines for actions to be taken by ACT Government agencies.  

(3)	Requests that the ACT Government report back to the Assembly in December 2006 and on the progress of the Taskforce, and provide a final report to the Assembly by April 2007. 
  
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