48Homes Tasmania may lease and sublease residential premises

48 Homes Tasmania may lease and sublease residential premises

(1)  Homes Tasmania may lease from any person, including an entity of the Crown, residential premises for the purpose of enabling Homes Tasmania to –

(a) sublease the residential premises to an eligible person under section 49 ; or

(b) sublease the residential premises to a person to whom the premises may be subleased under subsection (2) .

(2)  Homes Tasmania may lease residential premises owned by Homes Tasmania, or sublease residential premises that are leased by Homes Tasmania, to –

(a) a person for the purpose of enabling the person, or another person who is to sublease the premises from the person, to sublease the residential premises to, or to provide, or arrange for the provision of, residential accommodation to, an eligible person; or

(b) a housing support provider for the purpose of enabling the provider to provide housing support services; or

(c) a community support provider for the purpose of enabling the provider to provide community support services; or

(d) a person, if the premises, or a part of the premises, are not to be, in the short term, used by Homes Tasmania for the provision of residential accommodation to eligible persons but are intended, in the longer term, to be developed or used for such purposes.