31Good corporate citizenship

31 Good corporate citizenship

(1) Housing Australia must have regard to Australian best practice government governance principles, and Australian best practice corporate governance for Commercial Financiers, when performing its functions, including developing and annually reviewing policies with regard to: (a) environmental issues; and (b) social issues; and (c) governance issues. (2) Housing Australia must ensure as far as practicable that financing decisions, and decisions not to provide finance, are made in a timely way so as to minimise costs to the project proponent.