Refurbishment complete on the first social housing property in the ACT

Thursday, April 30 2009

The refurbishment of a property in Narrabundah in Canberra was the first to be completed in the ACT yesterday, under the Government’s Economic Stimulus Plan.

The Minister for Housing, the Hon Tanya Plibersek, and the ACT Minister for Housing, John Hargreaves, visited the house yesterday, inspecting the works which included a kitchen refurbishment, wet areas refurbishment, internal and external painting, floor coverings, and general repairs.

The 52 year old house was vacated in very poor condition, and without the funding for refurbishment as a result of the Economic Stimulus Plan, it would have remained uninhabitable.

The work was completed in just 16 days, and will now be returned to general housing stock.

The property in Narrabundah was the first of 243 social housing dwellings in the ACT to be upgraded, as a result of $6.4 million in funding. The Plan will also deliver 56 new social housing dwellings across the ACT by July 2010 at a cost of $11.1 million, as part of stage one construction.

In partnership with the States and Territories, 20,000 new social housing units will be constructed around Australia under the social housing component of the Economic Stimulus Plan.

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