❓ This WA parliamentary question seeks details on Homeswest's income limits for public housing tenants, including current figures, adjustment dates/frequency, criteria, and consideration of extraordinary expenses. The answer reveals income thresholds, adjustment history, and discretionary powers for special circumstances.
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In relation to Homeswest gross weekly earnings income limits for tenants of public rental housing - (1) What are the current income figures being used? (2) On what date were they last adjusted? (3) How frequently are they adjusted? (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? (5) Is extraordinary expenditure - for example, medical or educational - taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer is one and a half pages long. In those circumstances, and noting the time, I seek leave to have the answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated into Hansard - In relation to Homeswest gross weekly earnings income limits for tenants of public rental housing. (1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
(1) What are the current income figures being used? (2) On what date were they last adjusted? (3) How frequently are they adjusted? (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? (5) Is extraordinary expenditure - for example, medical or educational - taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer is one and a half pages long. In those circumstances, and noting the time, I seek leave to have the answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated into Hansard - In relation to Homeswest gross weekly earnings income limits for tenants of public rental housing. (1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
(2) On what date were they last adjusted? (3) How frequently are they adjusted? (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? (5) Is extraordinary expenditure - for example, medical or educational - taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer is one and a half pages long. In those circumstances, and noting the time, I seek leave to have the answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated into Hansard - In relation to Homeswest gross weekly earnings income limits for tenants of public rental housing. (1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
(3) How frequently are they adjusted? (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? (5) Is extraordinary expenditure - for example, medical or educational - taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer is one and a half pages long. In those circumstances, and noting the time, I seek leave to have the answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated into Hansard - In relation to Homeswest gross weekly earnings income limits for tenants of public rental housing. (1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
(4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? (5) Is extraordinary expenditure - for example, medical or educational - taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer is one and a half pages long. In those circumstances, and noting the time, I seek leave to have the answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated into Hansard - In relation to Homeswest gross weekly earnings income limits for tenants of public rental housing. (1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
(5) Is extraordinary expenditure - for example, medical or educational - taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer is one and a half pages long. In those circumstances, and noting the time, I seek leave to have the answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated into Hansard - In relation to Homeswest gross weekly earnings income limits for tenants of public rental housing. (1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer is one and a half pages long. In those circumstances, and noting the time, I seek leave to have the answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated into Hansard - In relation to Homeswest gross weekly earnings income limits for tenants of public rental housing. (1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer is one and a half pages long. In those circumstances, and noting the time, I seek leave to have the answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated into Hansard - In relation to Homeswest gross weekly earnings income limits for tenants of public rental housing. (1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
Leave granted. The following material was incorporated into Hansard - In relation to Homeswest gross weekly earnings income limits for tenants of public rental housing. (1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
The following material was incorporated into Hansard - In relation to Homeswest gross weekly earnings income limits for tenants of public rental housing. (1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
In relation to Homeswest gross weekly earnings income limits for tenants of public rental housing. (1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
(1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050
In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050
· Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41%
The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050
The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
(5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
(1) What are the current income figures being used? (2) On what date were they last adjusted? (3) How frequently are they adjusted? (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? (5) Is extraordinary expenditure - for example, medical or educational - taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer is one and a half pages long. In those circumstances, and noting the time, I seek leave to have the answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated into Hansard - In relation to Homeswest gross weekly earnings income limits for tenants of public rental housing. (1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
(2) On what date were they last adjusted? (3) How frequently are they adjusted? (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? (5) Is extraordinary expenditure - for example, medical or educational - taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer is one and a half pages long. In those circumstances, and noting the time, I seek leave to have the answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated into Hansard - In relation to Homeswest gross weekly earnings income limits for tenants of public rental housing. (1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
(3) How frequently are they adjusted? (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? (5) Is extraordinary expenditure - for example, medical or educational - taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer is one and a half pages long. In those circumstances, and noting the time, I seek leave to have the answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated into Hansard - In relation to Homeswest gross weekly earnings income limits for tenants of public rental housing. (1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
(4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? (5) Is extraordinary expenditure - for example, medical or educational - taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer is one and a half pages long. In those circumstances, and noting the time, I seek leave to have the answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated into Hansard - In relation to Homeswest gross weekly earnings income limits for tenants of public rental housing. (1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
(5) Is extraordinary expenditure - for example, medical or educational - taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer is one and a half pages long. In those circumstances, and noting the time, I seek leave to have the answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated into Hansard - In relation to Homeswest gross weekly earnings income limits for tenants of public rental housing. (1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
Hon NICK GRIFFITHS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer is one and a half pages long. In those circumstances, and noting the time, I seek leave to have the answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated into Hansard - In relation to Homeswest gross weekly earnings income limits for tenants of public rental housing. (1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The answer is one and a half pages long. In those circumstances, and noting the time, I seek leave to have the answer incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated into Hansard - In relation to Homeswest gross weekly earnings income limits for tenants of public rental housing. (1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
Leave granted. The following material was incorporated into Hansard - In relation to Homeswest gross weekly earnings income limits for tenants of public rental housing. (1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
The following material was incorporated into Hansard - In relation to Homeswest gross weekly earnings income limits for tenants of public rental housing. (1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
In relation to Homeswest gross weekly earnings income limits for tenants of public rental housing. (1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
(1) What are the current income figures being used? To be eligible for public rental housing applicants must have an income, which conforms to Homeswest’s current income limits, which are assessed on a gross weekly (before tax) basis. The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
The table below indicates the maximum gross weekly earnings for eligibility. Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $390 - 2 persons $520 $600 3 persons $630 $720 4 persons $730 $840 * Note that for each additional person after the fourth in a household the limits are increased by $110.00. Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050 *For households with someone who is disabled, add $130. (2) On what date were they last adjusted? The figures were last adjusted in 1996. (3) How frequently are they adjusted? The income limits are reviewed annually to ensure that the limits are appropriate to prevailing rental levels in the private rental sector. (4) What criteria are used to determine the figure used? The current limits for housing assistance are set as a percentage of average weekly earnings (AWE) for full time males in Western Australia. The current limits are based on the November 1995 average weekly earnings of an adult Western Australian male being $730.00 as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
Dual income - refers to an income earned by partners in the paid workforce and including Centrelink Benefits (ie. Newstart), but not the Basic Family Tax Benefits A. Income Eligibility Limits - Current Rental, Bond Assistance Loan (Private Rental Housing Assistance). In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050
In addition to the income eligibility limits above · Households with a person with a disability are increased by 25% · Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41% This is done in recognition of the extra costs faced by these groups. The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050
· Households in the North West and remote areas of the state are increased by 41%
The adjusted income limits for people with a disability are shown below: Number of Person in Household Metro and Country Single Income Dual Income 1 person $490 - 2 persons $650 $750 3 persons $780 $900 4 persons $920 $1,050
The limits were set using equivalence scales developed by the Henderson Poverty Taskforce in 1973. AWE are used as the base gross income limit for a single income family consisting of a couple with two children. Limits for households of different sizes/composition are then calculated as a percentage of this figure. (5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
(5) Is extraordinary expenditure (e.g. medical or educational) taken into consideration when someone exceeds those limits? Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
Homeswest Regional Managers have the discretionary decision making capacity to consider a tenant’s household income in extraordinary circumstances and each case is considered on its own merit. Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
Eligibility limits for households with a person with a disability are increased by 25%. Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
Eligibility for households in the North West are increased by 41%.
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