THE HON. GREG COMBET MP
Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science
Monday, 29 March 2010
038/2010
Defence Housing reaches half way point
in delivering Nation Building homes
Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, today
announced that Defence Housing Australia (DHA) has completed half of the
expected homes to be delivered through the Government’s Nation Building-
Economic Stimulus Plan.
“DHA has focused building these new homes in major regional centres where
there is a strong Defence presence. The new homes in many of these areas
will help to take the pressure off the local housing markets and provide secure
homes for our Australian Defence Force members and their families,” Mr
Combet said.
“DHA was allocated $245.58 million to build 802 houses throughout Australia
as part of the Federal Government’s stimulus plan. Due to program
efficiencies an additional 27 houses have been included in the program,
increasing the total to 829 houses.
“Over 420 homes have now been completed and DHA is in a very good
position to finish all 829 houses ahead of time and on budget for this project.”
Minister Combet today said he was very happy with the progress of the
program to date.
“DHA continues to track around three months ahead of schedule on this
construction program, and we expect all 829 houses to be completed in the
first half of next year,” he said
“The DHA Apprenticeship Support Scheme has also been a great success.
The 20 young apprentices, who were sponsored by DHA in support of the
Government’s objective of job creation, have been learning many new skills
and will be future assets to the residential construction industry.”
The primary function of DHA is to supply housing and related services to
Australian Defence Force members and their families, in line with Defence
operational requirements. DHA currently manages 17,300 properties across
Australia, worth about $7.8 billion.
Media contacts:
Rod Hilton (Greg Combet):
02 6277 7620 or 0458 276 619
Natalie Cooper (DHA)
0421 040 098
Defence Media Liaison:
02 6127 1999 or 0408 498 664
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