7Grants to States for housing

#### 7 Grants to States for housing (1) Subject to sections 9 and 11, the Minister may authorise, in any assistance year in which an inter‑government housing agreement with a State is in force, the payment to the State, by way of financial assistance, of any amounts that the Minister determines to be appropriate: (a) for expenditure by the State in respect of the year for the purposes of an identified housing program referred to in the agreement; or (b) for expenditure by the State in respect of the year for any other purpose relating to housing for which an amount paid to the State under the agreement may be spent. (2) Payments to a State are to be made on the terms and conditions set out in the agreement.