{"id":"F2023L00305","name":"Federal Financial Relations (Housing, Homelessness and Housing Affordability Payments for 2021-22) Determination 2023","slug":"federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2021-22-dete","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441770,"registerId":"F2023L00305-fast-fetch-1775956988946","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 2021-22) Determination 2023","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\ntitle: 230315-LI-TSY_47_0253-FFR-housing determination 21-22.master\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth coat of arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (Housing, Homelessness and Housing Affordability Payments for 2021-22) Determination 2023\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated    21 March 2023\n\n \n\nDr Andrew Leigh\n\nAssistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury\n\nParliamentary Secretary to the 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 2021-22\n\n5  Housing, homelessness and housing affordability payments for 2021-22\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 2021‑22) Determination 2023.\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 2021-22\n\n5  Housing, homelessness and housing affordability payments for 2021-22\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 2021‑22 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 2021‑22 financial year is: |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | New South Wales | $490,313,640.00 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $411,004,968.97 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $335,590,205.37 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $178,486,697.23 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $114,636,965.36 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $36,581,927.79 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $28,742,295.00 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $20,814,720.43 |\n|  | Total | $1,616,171,420.15 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the scope of the housing, homelessness or housing affordability program; it specifies payment amounts for the 2021–22 year under subsection 15C(2) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (s5). Authority and timing are procedural (ss2–3) and definitions defer to the Act (s4). The Commonwealth is the payer and each State is the named recipient; States must expend the funds in accordance with their primary and any supplementary housing agreements (s5), so compliance burden and use restrictions stem from those agreements rather than this determination."},"complexity_factors":["Instrument is primarily a schedule of fixed dollar amounts to eight jurisdictions (simple data table). (s5)","Made under a single enabling Act; short authorising and commencement provisions only (ss2–3).","Definitions rely by reference on the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, creating some interpretive linkage to that Act (s4).","Operational interpretation depends on existing ‘primary housing agreement’ and any ‘supplementary housing agreement’ between Commonwealth and each State (s5).","No discretionary formula, thresholds, or contingent triggers in the instrument itself—implementation complexity delegated to pre-existing agreements."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination sets the exact Commonwealth payments to each State for housing, homelessness and housing affordability for the 2021–22 financial year. It names dollar amounts the Commonwealth will pay to States to fund grants under the States’ primary and supplementary housing agreements. It affects State treasuries as recipients and program delivery because those listed sums constrain available funding and require expenditure in line with existing housing agreements."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This legislation does exactly what its title suggests: it determines housing-related payment amounts for 2021-22. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original purpose of specifying financial assistance amounts under the Federal Financial Relations framework."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative sections","Only 1 defined term ('the Act')","Single purpose: a table of dollar amounts with no conditions, exceptions, or formulae","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the empowering Act","No conditional logic or 'if-then' provisions","Straightforward tabular format for the substantive content"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises $1.6 billion in Commonwealth payments to the eight states and territories for housing, homelessness and affordability programs for 2021–22, to be paid under the primary and supplementary housing agreements.\n\nIt affects state and territory governments (the recipients) and, indirectly, people needing affordable housing and homelessness services — it's the legal trigger allowing Treasury to release the funds."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2021-22-dete","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2021-22-dete/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2021-22-dete/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2021-22-dete/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2021-22-dete/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2021-22-dete/documents"}}