Community Housing Expansion Program

Component identifier:

Series 5

Content Summary:

In 1988 I submitted a sub-thesis on the Community Housing Expansion Program in the ACT in the course of obtaining an honours degree in Political Science at the Australian National University. The papers in this series comprise a copy of the thesis, together with related notes, references, and source material.

The Community Housing Expansion Program (CHEP) was one element of the ALP's housing policies for the 1983 Federal Election and was put into effect in the ACT between 1983 and 1985. CHEP was intended to facilitate the expansion of community owned housing for people on low incomes, to promote a more effective use of public funds for housing, and to encourage a more flexible provision of public housing. However, following allegations of inappropriate funding of a grant to the Wyuna Community Co-operative, the Government terminated CHEP on the grounds that it was not efficiently providing housing for needy people.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The Wensing Papers were donated to the National Library in June 1990 and December 1991.

Names:

Wensing, Ed

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