{"id":"F2022L00190","name":"Federal Financial Relations (Housing, Homelessness and Housing Affordability Payments for 2020-21) Determination 2022","slug":"federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2020-21-dete","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441229,"registerId":"F2022L00190-fast-fetch-1775956599699","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 2020-21) Determination 2022","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\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 2020‑21) Determination 2022\n\nI, Michael Sukkar, Assistant Treasurer, Minister for Housing, and Minister for Homelessness, Social and Community Housing, make the following determination.\n\nDated   23 February 2022\n\n \n\nMichael Sukkar\n\nAssistant Treasurer\n\nMinister for Housing\n\nMinister for Homelessness, Social and Community Housing\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 2020‑21\n\n5  Housing, homelessness and housing affordability payments for 2020‑21\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 2020‑21) Determination 2022.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of 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The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 2020‑21\n\n5  Housing, homelessness and housing affordability payments for 2020‑21\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 2020‑21 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 2020‑21 financial year is: |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | New South Wales | $489,869,870.55 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $411,787,651.17 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $328,129,713.67 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $171,252,107.65 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $111,373,928.82 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $34,588,187.05 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $27,158,114.80 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $20,363,664.51 |\n|  | Total | $1,594,523,238.22 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 — authorising specific National Housing and Homelessness Agreement payments for a designated financial year. The scope remains tightly constrained to its original purpose of facilitating intergovernmental financial transfers for housing."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short — only 5 operative provisions across 2 Parts","Minimal defined terms — only 'the Act' is defined, with a note about inherited definitions from the parent Act","No cross-references beyond a single reference to subsection 15C(2) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009","Simple tabular structure for the payment amounts — no conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward purpose: single-year, single-purpose payment determination with no ongoing regulatory obligations"],"plain_english_summary":"This ministerial determination authorises about $1.59 billion in federal payments to Australia’s eight states and territories for housing, homelessness services and housing affordability programs in 2020–21. It enables the legal transfer of funds under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, affecting state/territory budgets and the people who rely on social housing, homelessness support and affordable housing initiatives."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the scope or design of housing programs; it only determines the quantum of Commonwealth financial assistance for 2020–21 to be paid to each State and Territory under subsection 15C(2) of the Act (s5), operating within existing primary and supplementary housing agreements."},"complexity_factors":["Simple legal form: a single determination fixing dollar amounts rather than creating new rights or obligations (s5).","Relies on statutory cross‑reference to the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 for authority and operation (s3; note to definitions).","Numeric precision: eight separate state/territory line items plus a total increases fidelity requirements in payment processing (s5).","Limited discretion: Ministerial determination of amounts is exercised but does not establish new eligibility criteria (instrument as a whole).","Operational dependency: payments must be spent in accordance with primary and supplementary housing agreements, tying Commonwealth payments to existing contractual arrangements (s5).","Commencement and retrospective effect mechanics are standard but must be observed by administrators (s2)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (s3), specifies the Commonwealth grant amounts to each State and Territory for housing, homelessness and housing‑affordability for the 2020–21 year (s5). It directs $1,594,523,238.22 to be paid to States for expenditure under their primary and supplementary housing agreements; the Assistant Treasurer made the determination and the funds must be used in accordance with those agreements, affecting State budgets and service delivery."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2020-21-dete","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2020-21-dete/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2020-21-dete/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2020-21-dete/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2020-21-dete/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2020-21-dete/documents"}}