CORONAVIRUS — RESIDENTIAL
TENANCIES
735. Hon TIM CLIFFORD to the minister representing the
Minister for Commerce:
I refer to the hardship relief and
support provided to residential tenants in response to the impacts of COVID-19.
(1) How many applications have been
made to access the residential rent relief grant scheme?
(a) Of these, how many were approved?
(b) What is the total amount of the
scheme accessed to date?
(2) How many
applications have been made to the residential tenancies mandatory conciliation
service?
(a) Of the accepted applications, how
many resulted in agreement?
(b) Of the accepted applications, how
many resulted in no agreement?
(c) How many agreements resulted in
rent being reduced?
(d) How many agreements resulted in
rent being deferred?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I thank the member for the
question. The Minister for Commerce has provided the following information.
(1) As of 11
August 2020, 5 525 applications have been made.
(a) There have
been 2 879 applications approved to date.
(b) The Treasurer
will provide an update on the total amount of grants paid to residential
landlords in the September sitting of Parliament.
(2) As of 11 August 2020, 760
applications have been made and 221 conciliations completed.
(a) Sixty-eight per cent of
conciliations completed have resulted in agreement.
(b) Thirty-two per cent of
conciliations completed have resulted in no agreement.
(c) An analysis
of the first 50 orders finalised in the mandatory conciliation service
established that a proportion of rent was reduced or waived in 20 per cent of
the conciliations.
(d) An analysis
of the first 50 orders finalised in the mandatory conciliation service
established that a proportion of rent was deferred in 87 per cent of the
conciliations.