Australian Housing Corporation
1975 – 13 December 1976
Renamed Defence Service Homes Corporation in 1976.
Statutory housing corporation set up by the Whitlam government under the Australian Housing Corporation Act 1975, whose main work was the defence service homes scheme of low-interest housing loans for ex-service personnel.
Names over time
- Australian Housing Corporation1975–1976
- Defence Service Homes Corporation1976–1988
How it came into existence
Constituted under the Australian Housing Corporation Act 1975 (No. 25 of 1975, assented to on 18 April 1975); the date it began operating is not confirmed. It took over the defence service homes scheme (formerly war service homes) from the Department of Housing and Construction.
- War service homes (defence service homes) scheme
Legislation: Australian Housing Corporation Act 1975
How it ended
Renamed the Defence Service Homes Corporation by the Defence Service Homes Amendment Act 1976 (No. 185 of 1976, assented to on 13 December 1976), which also retitled its Act the Defence Service Homes Corporation Act 1976 and ended the terms of the members of the Australian Housing Corporation.
Main functions
- Administration of the defence service homes scheme
- Housing loans for eligible ex-service personnel
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Environment, Housing and Community Development.
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Sources
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