More funds to fix, buy state houses

People with leaky homes get less from the Budget but money allocated to fix and buy more state houses rises dramatically.

The Government's Weathertight Homes Resolution Services budget sinks from $17 million in the year to March 2009 to $14.2 million in the year to March 2010.

The $14.2 million is for WHRS to assess the eligibility of leaky home claims, pay for independent technical assessment of claims, manage claims until resolution and provide dispute resolution services.

The fund for fixing the state's 68,000 state houses and buying more places rises from last year's $87.2 million to $115.8 million.

Vote Housing accompanied last week's Budget and showed funding allocated to building and housing.

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Posted: 3 Jun 2009

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