Infrastructure

Question by: 
Hon Brett Herron
Answered by: 
Hon Tertuis Simmers
Question Number: 
2
Question Body: 

With regard to the Forest Village Housing for Military Veterans Pilot Project and a certain person, whose details have been furnished to his Department for the purpose of the reply:

  1. Why has the transfer of this military veteran house in the Forest Village Housing Project not been concluded;
  2. whether the conveyancers who have been appointed to do the transfer received any payment of their fee for the transfer; if so, (a) why, (b) what will his Department do to resolve this unduly delayed transfer, (c) when does his Department expect transfer to be completed and (d) what steps will his Department take if transfer does not take place in the expected time period;
  3. whether his Department has a policy, a standard operating procedure or an executive instruction with regard to when transfers and the handing over of titles of housing to beneficiaries should occur; if so, what are the relevant details;
  4. (a)(i) what role do transfer and title play for beneficiaries in the delivery of public housing and (ii) what impact has this long-delayed transfer had on that role, (b)(i) how many houses in the Forest Village Housing Project were earmarked for military veteran housing and (ii) how many of these houses have still not been trans-ferred to the beneficiaries and (c)(i) how many housing units have been completed in the Forest Village Housing Project, (ii) how many of these houses have not yet been transferred to their owners or beneficiaries and (iii) what has been the cause of the delays?
Answer Body: 

There are no Military Veteran Houses that form part of the Forest Village housing project. The Blue Downs Military Veteran housing project is, however, in close proximity to the Forest Village housing project, and consists of 73 Military Veteran units. The person, whose details have been furnished, is a beneficiary on this Military Veteran Housing project. The reasons for delay have been explained to beneficiary on several occasions, in writing and also to the Legal Resource Centre which had also been contacted.

Date: 
Friday, March 7, 2025
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