QUESTIONS ON NOTICE › Housing Assistance and Homelessness (Question No. 2116)
Senator Chris Evans: The Minister for Housing and the Minister for Homelessness provides the following answer to the honourable senator’s question: (1) and (2) The administered budget for Outcome 2.1 in 2012-13 is $33.58 million; comprising $24.16 million for Youth Homelessness (Reconnect) and $9.42 million for HOME Advice, National Homelessness Strategy, National Housing Priorities and Homelessness Research Strategy. Total departmental staffing resources devoted to Outcomes 2.1 and 2.2 are provided in the Department’s 2011 12 Annual Report. These resources include an attribution of corporate, network and other departmental support. Total staffing in the Housing, Homelessness and Money Management Group allocated to programs 2.1 and 2.2 are provided in response to Question 3 below. The Department and Group use resources flexibly across the programs and do not separately allocate resources to each program. In addition to managing the administered appropriations, the Group undertakes a range of activities in support of the broader objectives under Outcomes 2.1 and 2.2. A summary of these activities can be found in the Department’s Annual Reports. Departmental staff under Outcome 2.1 are located in Canberra. (3) Outcome 2.1 and Outcome 2.2 are managed by the Housing, Homelessness and Money Management Group. The structure of the Group, numbers and levels of staff for the relevant housing and homelessness elements is in the table below. Branch/Section Level Actual FTE at 3 September 2012 Group Executive SES Band 2 APS 5 0.8 1 Group Support EL2 EL1 APS 6 APS 4 1 2 2.1 0.8 Housing Policy Branch Branch Executive SES Band 1 APS 6 1 1 Housing Payments Section EL2 EL1 1 4.5 Community Housing Policy EL2 EL1 APS 5 1 1 1 Housing Policy Section EL2 EL1 APS 6 APS 5 1.6 1 1 1 Research Section EL2 EL1 APS 5 APS 4 1 3.5 2 0.2 Homelessness Policy Branch Branch Executive SES Band 1 APS 5 1 0.8 Homelessness Policy Section EL2 EL1 APS 6 APS 5 1 4 1 1.8 Homelessness Engagement Section EL2 EL1 APS 6 APS 5 1 2 3 0.7 Data and Analysis Section EL2 EL1 APS 4 1 2 0.8 Commonwealth State Relations Branch Branch Executive SES Band 1 APS 5 1 1 Commonwealth State Committees Section EL2 EL1 APS 6 1 2 0.5 Homelessness Agreements Section EL2 EL1 APS 6 APS 5 1 1.8 2.5 2 Housing Agreements Section EL2 EL1 APS 6 APS 5 1 3.8 6 1 Housing Affordability Programs Branch Branch Executive SES Band 1 EL1 APS 5 1 1 1 Housing Affordability Reforms Section EL2 0.6 Housing Affordability Fund Section EL2 EL1 APS 6 APS 5 1 3 2.9 1.9 Building Better Regional Cities Program Section EL2 EL1 APS 6 1 2 2 NRAS Policy Section EL2 EL1 APS 6 APS 4 1 2 8.8 1 NRAS Program Section EL2 EL1 APS 6 APS 5 APS 4 APS 3 1 3 4.6 3 3 1