{"id":"F2020L01151","name":"Federal Financial Relations (Housing, Homelessness and Housing Affordability Payments for 2019-20) Determination 2020","slug":"federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2019-20-dete","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440598,"registerId":"F2020L01151-fast-fetch-1775956166700","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (Housing, Homelessness and Housing Affordability Payments for 2019-20) Determination 2020","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: 200903-LI-TSY_46_123-Housing payments determination.master\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (Housing, Homelessness and Housing Affordability Payments for 2019‑20) Determination 2020\n\nI, Michael Sukkar, Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer, make the following determination.\n\nDated 8 September 2020\n\n \n\nMichael Sukkar\n\nMinister for Housing  Assistant Treasurer\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1  Name \n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\nPart 2—Determination of housing, homelessness and housing affordability payments for 2019‑20\n\n5  Housing, homelessness and housing affordability payments for 2019‑20\n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (Housing, Homelessness and Housing Affordability Payments for 2019-20) Determination 2020.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: Paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003 has the effect that expressions have the same meaning in this instrument as in the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 as in force from time to time.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nthe Act means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\nPart 2—Determination of housing, homelessness and housing affordability payments for 2019‑20\n\n \n\n5  Housing, homelessness and housing affordability payments for 2019‑20\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 15C(2) of the Act, each item of the following table specifies an amount that is to be paid to the State specified in the item, for the purpose of making a grant of financial assistance for the 2019-20 financial year, for the purpose of expenditure in accordance with the primary housing agreement, and a supplementary housing agreement that relates to that financial year to which that State is a party:\n\n \n\n| Item | For this State: | The amount of financial assistance for the 2019‑20 financial year is: |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | New South Wales | $482,707,127.31 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $405,316,098.93 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $320,538,837.84 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $166,918,341.67 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $109,253,855.86 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $33,833,853.53 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $26,456,861.31 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $19,882,395.10 |\n|  | Total | $1,564,907,371.55 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. 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It affects Commonwealth treasury and State/Territory governments as payor and recipients, and matters because it allocates funding that states use to deliver housing-related programs."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation performs exactly its intended function: specifying payment amounts for a specific financial year under established housing agreements. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original purpose of making determinations under section 15C of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 5 substantive sections)","Only 1 defined term ('the Act')","Single operative provision (section 5) containing a straightforward payment table","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","No cross-references beyond the empowering Act and standard Legislation Act provision","Purpose is purely administrative: specifying dollar amounts for pre-existing agreements"],"plain_english_summary":"This ministerial determination authorises about $1.56 billion in Commonwealth payments to the eight states and territories for housing, homelessness and affordability programs in 2019–20, made under primary and supplementary housing agreements. It allocates funding across jurisdictions (NSW largest at ~$483m; Victoria ~$405m; Queensland ~$321m; Northern Territory smallest at ~$20m) and is the legal basis allowing those transfers."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2019-20-dete","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2019-20-dete/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2019-20-dete/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2019-20-dete/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2019-20-dete/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2019-20-dete/documents"}}