Victorian Current Acts

HOUSING ACT 1983 - SECT 6

    (1)     The objects of this Act are—

        (a)     to ensure that every person in Victoria has adequate and appropriate housing at a price within his or her means by encouraging—

              (i)     the provision of well maintained public housing of suitable quality and location;

S. 6(1)(a)(ia) inserted by No. 106/2004 s. 4(1).

        (ia)     the participation of non-profit bodies in the provision of well maintained, affordable rental housing of suitable quality and location;

S. 6(1)(a)(ii) substituted by No. 106/2004 s. 4(2).

              (ii)     the distribution, according to need, of Government housing financial assistance;

              (iii)     the promotion of the orderly planning, assembly and development of land;

        (b)     to expand and develop the role of the public sector in the provision of housing;

        (c)     to promote cost effectiveness in the provision of housing;

        (d)     to promote the integration of public and private housing;

        (e)     to provide in the public sector a variety of housing types in various locations;

S. 6(1)(ea) inserted by No. 106/2004 s. 4(3).

        (ea)     to provide a regulatory framework to encourage the development of rental housing agencies serving the housing needs of low-income tenants by providing for the registration of those rental housing agencies and the regulation and monitoring of registered agencies;

        (f)     to promote security and variety of tenure;

S. 6(1)(g) amended by Nos 84/1996 s. 467(Sch. 6 item 8.2), 9/2013 s. 42(Sch.  2 item 11(2)).

        (g)     to seek the participation of tenants and other community groups in the management of public housing and non-distributing co‑operatives engaged in the provision of rental housing to their members;

        (h)     to promote consultation on major housing policy issues with all persons and groups of persons involved in housing;

              (i)     to monitor the house building and housing finance industries in both the public and private sectors and to assist those industries to achieve growth and stability;

S. 6(1)(j) amended by No. 26/1987 s. 3.

        (j)     to co-ordinate the provision of all necessary community services and amenities ancillary to public housing;

S. 6(1)(k) repealed by No. 20/1996 s. 4.

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        (l)     to maximize employment opportunities in the housing sectors;

        (m)     to give due regard to the environmental impact of the activities of the public housing sector;

        (n)     to provide a safe and satisfying work environment for persons employed in the public housing sector; and

        (o)     to promote public awareness of the role and functions of the public housing sector.

    (2)     It is the intention of the Parliament that the provisions of this Act shall be interpreted so as to further the objects set out in subsection (1) and that every power, authority, discretion, jurisdiction and duty conferred or imposed by this Act shall be exercised and performed so as by design and intent to promote and achieve those objects.

Part II—Administration

Division 1—The Minister

S. 7 amended by Nos 10259 s. 9(1), 26/1987 s. 21.