Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, upon notice, on 29 June 2011:

Given that the Housing Affordability Fund (HAF), a 5 year, $450 million Government investment set to end in 2013, was designed 'to reduce housing-related infrastructure and planning costs, and to pass savings onto new home purchasers':

(1) Can an overview of the HAF outcomes to date be provided in tabular form, including for each project: the project name, suburb, state or territory, and a description of the affordable housing outcome.

(2) What is the net number of affordable housing dwellings created by the HAF so far, for each of the following Affordable Housing Bands: A, B and C.

(3) With reference to the answer to question no. 78 taken on notice during the 2010-11 additional estimates hearings of the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee which stated that 380 000 homebuyers would benefit from projects under the HAF, can an outline of the evidence of benefits to those 380 000 homebuyers be provided.

(4) Given that a key intended outcome of the HAF was for the development of a national ePlanning roadmap, as well as helping to implement electronic Development Assessment (e-DA) systems, can an update on any outcomes relating to e-DA from the HAF be provided.