11Functions and powers of Homes Tasmania

11 Functions and powers of Homes Tasmania

(1)  In addition to any other functions conferred on Homes Tasmania under this or any other Act, Homes Tasmania has the following functions:

(a) to support, and fund, the provision of appropriate, affordable and safe accommodation to eligible persons, and persons on low or moderate incomes, in the short, medium or long term;

(b) to develop plans for the strategic acquisition and development of land for the purposes of providing housing to eligible persons and persons on low or moderate incomes and to ensure that such plans assist in integrating the occupants of such housing into the community in which the housing is situated, and fostering wellbeing;

(c) to manage, or facilitate the management of, residential accommodation provided to eligible persons;

(d) to manage schemes to assist persons in need of housing assistance or housing support services or who are home purchase assistance scheme recipients;

(e) to identify and report on the needs of eligible persons in the short, medium or long term, and to assist in enabling those needs to be met;

(f) to provide assistance and support to housing providers, housing support providers and community support providers;

(g) to consult, as appropriate, with –

(i) housing providers, housing support providers, community support providers and persons who provide services related to homelessness; and

(ii) persons for whom housing, housing support, community support or services related to homelessness are provided or are intended to be provided;

(h) to conduct research, and develop policy, related to the provision of housing, housing support services, housing assistance and services related to homelessness;

(i) to collect information in relation to, and to monitor, the state of the Tasmanian housing market.

(2)  In addition to any other powers conferred on Homes Tasmania under this or any other Act, Homes Tasmania has the following powers:

(a) to acquire, hold, dispose of and otherwise deal with property;