Report

Social Services Legislation Amendment (Housing Affordability) Bill 2017 [Provisions]

6 December 2017

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View the report as separate downloadable parts:

MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE	(PDF 25KB)
ABBREVIATIONS	(PDF 13KB)
LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS	(PDF 25KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 48KB)
Purpose of the bill Bill structure Financial impact Reports of other committees Conduct of the inquiry Report structure Acknowledgements
Chapter 2 - Schedules 1 and 2—Automatic Rent Deduction Scheme	(PDF 158KB)
Policy rationale Initiating an automatic deduction process Range of social security payments effected Impact of the ARDS on tenants' financial autonomy Procedural fairness—notifications and reviewable decisions Inalienability of social security Committee view
Chapter 3 - Schedule 3—Amendments to the National Rental Affordability Scheme	(PDF 87KB)
Background Proposed amendments Committee view
Australian Labor Party Senators' Dissenting Report	(PDF 62KB)
Schedules 1 and 2 - Automatic Rental Deduction Scheme Schedule 3 - Amendments to the National Rental Affordability Scheme Act 2008
Dissenting Report by the Australian Greens on Schedules 1 and 2 of the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Housing Affordability) Bill 2017	(PDF 71KB)
Scope of the ARDS Lack of a cap for the ARDS Procedural fairness
APPENDIX 1 - Submissions and additional information received by the Committee	(PDF 12KB)
APPENDIX 2 - Public hearings	(PDF 8KB)

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