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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Lucy Bladen

Public housing increase not the aim of growth and renewal program, govt says

The ACT government has said increasing the proportion of public housing in Canberra is not the purpose of its growth and renewal program after coming under fire by the Auditor-General.

The Auditor-General found, in a report earlier this year, that Housing ACT's program to increase the territory's public housing stock by 400 properties and renew a further 1000 had been riddled with delays due to a failed program to forcibly relocate tenants.

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