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1. What was proposed (co-sponsored)Rebecca VassarottiGreens · CrossbenchThomas EmersonIndependent · Crossbench
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   That, in accordance with standing order 213A, the Assembly orders the Government to: (1) table the following documents from the Eleventh Assembly within 30 days: (a) all briefs to ministers regarding: (i) the Growing and Renewing Public Housing Program; (ii) the Commonwealth Social Housing Accelerator Program and the Housing Australia Future Fund; (iii) the program of work for repairs and maintenance of public housing properties; (iv) Housing ACT’s Total Facilities Management Agreement; (v) the Public Housing Pipeline Program; (vi) public housing vacancy rates, vacant property turnaround times and turnaround times for repairs and maintenance; (vii) the Multi-Disciplinary Panel; (viii) the public housing waitlist, including any policy work on the development of a new internal process to replace the Multi-Disciplinary Panel; and (ix) Specialist Disability Accommodation; (b) all briefs to ministers or to senior executives regarding actual and planned expenditure on public housing repairs and maintenance; (c) all reports from Programmed Facility Management to Housing ACT regarding repairs and maintenance for the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 financial years; (d) all briefs to ministers and progress reports regarding Housing ACT’s insourcing trials and work towards insourcing repairs and maintenance work; (e) all documents outlining contracted key performance indicators for repairs and maintenance of public housing properties; (f) all briefs to ministers and any correspondence from the Minister, the Minister’s office, or government officials, regarding the “20 Homes by Christmas” initiative; (g) all briefs to ministers and ministerial correspondence regarding the ACT’s historic housing debt to the Commonwealth; and (h) for the period 1 April to 30 June 2026, for all Housing ACT properties in the suburbs of Ainslie, Coombs, Fraser and Narrabundah, work orders provided by Programmed Facility Management to Housing ACT for repairs and maintenance work to these properties; and (2) by every 1 February and 1 August until the end of the Eleventh Assembly, table aggregated summaries of the following data for the previous six months, aligned to financial years: (a) monthly created, transferred and ended tenancies; (b) monthly number of added and disposed public housing stock, broken down by property type, district and method of acquisition; (c) monthly turnaround times for maintenance and repairs, including information regarding performance against key performance indicators stipulated in Housing ACT’s service agreement with Programmed Facility Management; (d) current number of vacant public housing properties, by vacancy type; (e) the average, median, minimum and maximum number of days left vacant for these properties; (f) the average, median, minimum and maximum number of days left vacant for properties requiring repairs and maintenance in each category: (i) routine; (ii) single upgrade; (iii) multiple upgrades; (iv) major works; and (v) insurance; and (g) information regarding properties that have been deemed “hard to let”, including: (i) district, number of offers provided, days left vacant for these properties and condition reports for those properties; (ii) how many properties previously considered to be “hard to let” have been tenanted in the last six months; and (iii) how many properties have been newly categorised as “hard to let” in the last six months.

2. Change by a co-sponsorThomas EmersonIndependent · Crossbench22 October 2026

   Rewrote the order: 60 days instead of 30, a list of KPIs instead of KPI documents, de-identified work orders, and half-yearly district totals instead of monthly data. Our summary, review in progress

   The exact wording of this change

   Omit all text after “orders the Government to:”, substitute: “(1) table the following documents from the Eleventh Assembly within 60 days: (a) all briefs to ministers regarding: (i) the Growing and Renewing Public Housing Program; (ii) the Commonwealth Social Housing Accelerator Program and the Housing Australia Future Fund; (iii) the Public Housing Pipeline Program; (iv) the program of work for repairs and maintenance of public housing properties; (v) the ACT’s Total Facilities Management Agreement; (vi) the Multi-Disciplinary Panel; (vii) Specialist Disability Accommodation; (viii) public housing vacancy rates, vacant property turnaround times and the public housing waitlist; and (ix) low-demand public housing complexes; (b) all briefs to ministers and progress reports for the insourcing repairs and maintenance work, including insourcing trials; (c) all briefs to ministers or to senior executives regarding actual and planned expenditure on public housing repairs and maintenance; (d) a list of key performance indicators for repairs and maintenance under the Total Facilities Management Agreement; (e) all reports from Programmed Facility Management (PFM) regarding repairs and maintenance for the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 financial years; (f) all briefs to ministers and ministerial correspondence regarding the ACT’s historic housing debt to the Commonwealth; and (g) all briefs to ministers and any correspondence from minister, officials and the Minister’s office regarding the ‘20 Homes by Christmas’ initiative; and (h) for the period 1 April to 30 June 2026, for all Housing ACT properties in the suburbs of Ainslie, Coombs, Fraser and Narrabundah, de-identified information on work orders provided by PFM to the ACT Government for repairs and maintenance work to properties with redacted addresses; (2) for the remainder of the 11th Assembly table, within 60 days of the period 1 January to 30 June and the period 1 July and 31 December each year, aggregated summaries relating to ACT public housing for the following: (a) the total number of tenancies ceased; (b) the total number of tenancies commenced; (c) the number of tenancies commenced by tenants on the transfer list; (d) the number of tenancies commenced by applicants on the waiting list; (e) the total number of properties added to or removed from the public housing portfolio, including a breakdown by property type and method of additional or disposal; (f) the number of vacant properties that have been available for allocation for more than 180 days, including a breakdown by property type; (g) vacancy rates and the latest condition reports for each low-demand complex; (h) the total number of vacant properties; (i) the number of vacant properties undergoing: (i) routine maintenance; (ii) single upgrade; (iii) multiple upgrades; (iv) major works; and (v) insurance claim; and (j) monthly turnaround times for vacant properties handed to PFM for maintenance and repairs, including information regarding performance against PFM’s key performance indicators; (3) for paragraphs (2)(a) to (2)(h), provide information at district level; and (4) for paragraphs (2)(h) to (2)(i), provide average, median, minimum and maximum days of vacancy for each category.”. Debate continued.

   Agreed on the voices. No individual votes were recorded. Its wording is in the final text.

3. Proposed changeSuzanne OrrLabor · Minister22 October 2026

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   The exact wording of this change

   to the motion, as amended: After all text in paragraph (1), insert new paragraph: “(2) for the items covered in paragraph (1), the following applies: (a) all information identifying the location of public housing properties or individuals or individuals’ personal circumstances is to be redacted; and (b) meeting briefs, arrangement briefs, question time briefs, responses to questions on notice and questions taken on notice, and correspondence or replies to correspondence that have not been specifically requested are excluded;”.

   Agreed on the voices. No individual votes were recorded. Its wording is in the final text.

4. What the Assembly decidedAgreed

   Decided on the voices: no individual votes were recorded, so this doesn’t show that every MLA agreed.

   Final agreed wording, with changes marked

   That, in accordance with standing order 213A, the Assembly orders the Government to: (1) table the following documents from the Eleventh Assembly within 60 days: (a) all briefs to ministers regarding: (i) the Growing and Renewing Public Housing Program; (ii) the Commonwealth Social Housing Accelerator Program and the Housing Australia Future Fund; (iii) the Public Housing Pipeline Program; (iv) the program of work for repairs and maintenance of public housing properties; (v) the ACT’s Total Facilities Management Agreement; (vi) the Multi-Disciplinary Panel; (vii) Specialist Disability Accommodation; (viii) public housing vacancy rates, vacant property turnaround times and the public housing waitlist; and (ix) low-demand public housing complexes; (b) all briefs to ministers and progress reports for the insourcing repairs and maintenance work, including insourcing trials; (c) all briefs to ministers or to senior executives regarding actual and planned expenditure on public housing repairs and maintenance; (d) a list of key performance indicators for repairs and maintenance under the Total Facilities Management Agreement; (e) all reports from Programmed Facility Management (PFM) regarding repairs and maintenance for the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 financial years; (f) all briefs to ministers and ministerial correspondence regarding the ACT’s historic housing debt to the Commonwealth; and (g) all briefs to ministers and any correspondence from minister, officials and the Minister’s office regarding the ‘20 Homes by Christmas’ initiative; and (h) for the period 1 April to 30 June 2026, for all Housing ACT properties in the suburbs of Ainslie, Coombs, Fraser and Narrabundah, de-identified information on work orders provided by PFM to the ACT Government for repairs and maintenance work to properties with redacted addresses; (2) for the items covered in paragraph (1), the following applies: (a) all information identifying the location of public housing properties or individuals or individuals’ personal circumstances is to be redacted; and (b) meeting briefs, arrangement briefs, question time briefs, responses to questions on notice and questions taken on notice, and correspondence or replies to correspondence that have not been specifically requested are excludedOrr; (3) for the remainder of the 11th Assembly table, within 60 days of the period 1 January to 30 June and the period 1 July and 31 December each year, aggregated summaries relating to ACT public housing for the following: (a) the total number of tenancies ceased; (b) the total number of tenancies commenced; (c) the number of tenancies commenced by tenants on the transfer list; (d) the number of tenancies commenced by applicants on the waiting list; (e) the total number of properties added to or removed from the public housing portfolio, including a breakdown by property type and method of additional or disposal; (f) the number of vacant properties that have been available for allocation for more than 180 days, including a breakdown by property type; (g) vacancy rates and the latest condition reports for each low-demand complex; (h) the total number of vacant properties; (i) the number of vacant properties undergoing: (i) routine maintenance; (ii) single upgrade; (iii) multiple upgrades; (iv) major works; and (v) insurance claim; and (j) monthly turnaround times for vacant properties handed to PFM for maintenance and repairs, including information regarding performance against PFM’s key performance indicators; (4) for paragraphs (2)(a) to (2)(h), provide information at district level; and (5) for paragraphs (2)(h) to (2)(i), provide average, median, minimum and maximum days of vacancy for each category.

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