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Issue	Date	Reason	File Ref No	Author	Date loaded on Internet
1	January 2000	NEW document		Kevin Tennant Rental Policy Officer	January 2000
2	September 2001	Amendments to: Priority Assistance Policy s6 Privacy, Confidentiality & Duty of Care Policy, s12		Kathy Bell Rental Policy Officer	September 2001
2	October 2001	Amendment to: Eligibility policy – Preamble & s14		Kathy Bell Rental Policy Officer	November 2001
2	November 2001	Amendment to: Eligibility Policy – s15		Kathy Bell Rental Policy Officer	February 2002
2	December 2001	Amendment to Climate Control Policy- S4		Kathy Bell Rental Policy Officer	February 2002
2	March 2002	Amendment to Housing People with Disabilities - S4.1		Kathy Bell Rental Policy Officer	March 2002
2	April 2002	Amendment to Rent to Income – Child Maintenance – S21		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	April 2002
2	May 2002	Tenancy Management – Pets – S22		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	May 2002
2	June 2002	Eligibility Relating to the Income of Applicants S 1 & 2		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2002
2	July 2002	Privacy, Confidentiality & Duty of Care – Media S3 & 4		Kathy Bell – Policy Officer	August 2002
2	April 2003	Priority S1.1		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	April 2003	Rent to Income S12		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	April 2003	Eligibility – Statute Barred Debt S30		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	April 2003	Eligibility – District Allowance S3.3		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	April 2003	Eligibility – Debt S24		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	April 2003	Tenancy Management – Tenants responsibility & minors S9		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	April 2003	Tenancy Management – Improvements or Additions S17, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	April 2003	Tenancy Management – S18		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	April 2003	Tenancy Management – Ending of Tenancy S24.3		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	April 2003	Tenancy Management – Debt to Homeswest S28		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	April 2003	Rent to Income -Absentee Tenant Minimum Rent S12, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3,12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 12.7		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	April 2003	Transfer – General Conditions S2		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	April 2003	Debt Recovery – Account Finalisation –S 2.2, 2.3.		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	April 2003	Debt Recovery – Tenants in Occupation S3		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	April 2003	Debt Recovery – Debts Relating to a Previous Tenancy S5		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	April 2003	Debt Recovery – Previous Tenancy Same Address S5.4 to S6 and S6.1		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	April 2003	Debt Recovery- Debt Discount renumbered 6 – 17 to 7 – 18		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	April 2003	`Debt Recovery _ Debt Discount S19 & 19.1		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	April 2003	Domestic Violence S14		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	April 2003	New Living – Tenant Relocation S10.1		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	April 2003	Water Consumption S1.2 & 2.1		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	May 2003	Tenancy Management – Property Standards S6 Definition		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	May 2003	Discretionary Decision Making S3.1		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	May 2003	New Living – Relocation Transfers S10.1 Reconnection reimbursement		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	June 2003
2	June 2003	Eligibility – Cash Assets Seniors S 5.1		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	July 2003
2	June 2003	Rent to Income – Income derived from Assets S8.2		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	July 2003
2	June 2003	Eligibility – Cash Assets Limits S 5.1		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	July 2003
2	June 2003	Eligibility Income when assessing eligibility S2.6		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	July 2003
2	June 2003	Family and Domestic Violence – Preamble and S1, S2, S2.1, S3, S7, S8, S10, S11, S12, S13, S14		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	July 2003
2	July 2003	Allocation Seniors S3.18		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	July 2003
2	August 2003	Homeswest Appeals Mechanism s5.1, S6.5, S7.5, S11, S11.3, S14.4, s15.4		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	September 2003
2	August 2003	Cultural Diversity S2.3		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	September 2003
2	August 2003	Tenancy Management Subletting S16, S16.1		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	September 2003
2	August 2003	Rent to Income S18.2		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	September 2003
2	August 2003	Tenancy Management Income Confirmation Scheme S39, S39.1, S39.2, S39.3, S39.4, S39.5, S39.6		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	September 2003
2	September 2003	Climate Control S3		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	September 2003
2	September 2003	Documentary Proof of Income S4.1		Kathy Bell Policy Officer	September 2003
2	September 2004	Tenancy Management S26 Complaints by Homeswest tenants against neighbours		Sean Daffin A/Policy Officer	September 2004
2	September 2004	Income counted when assessing Eligibility S2 and 2.6		Sean Daffin A/Policy Officer	September 2004
2	September 2004	Cash Assets S5.1		Sean Daffin A/Policy Officer	September 2004
2	September 2004	Debt Discount Scheme S17.3		Sean Daffin A/Policy Officer	September 2004
2	September 2004	Disability Exclusive Use S11.4		Sean Daffin A/Policy Officer	September 2004
2	September 2004	Tenant Eligibility S34.1		Sean Daffin A/Policy Officer	September 2004
2	September 2004	Individual Property Market Rents		Sean Daffin A/Policy Officer	September 2004
2	September 2004	Priority Assistance, S1-dot point, Employment		Sean Daffin A/Policy Officer	September 2004
2	September 2004	Eligibility – New Zealand Residents S11.6 & S11.7.		Sean Daffin A/Policy Officer	September 2004
2	December 2004	Eligibility relating to an applicant with a poor tenancy history with Homeswest-such as debt, anti-social behaviour, poor property standards		Sean Daffin A/Policy Officer	December 2004
2	March 2005	New Living Programmes Policy (Title)		Sean Daffin A/Policy Officer	March 2005
2	March 2005	Priority Transfer Policy, Preamble & S28.2		Sean Daffin A/Policy Officer	March 2005
2	March 2005	Housing for People with Disabilities S4.1 Dot Points		Sean Daffin A/Policy Officer	March 2005
2	March 2005	Priority Assistance Policy S1.1 Dot Point		Sean Daffin A/Policy Officer	March 2005
2	March 2005	Priority Transfer Policy S21.2		Sean Daffin A/Policy Officer	March 2005
2	March 2005	Tenancy Management Policy S10.1(iii) & (iv)		Sean Daffin A/Policy Officer	March 2005
2	March 2005	Priority Assistance Policy, Preamble (assessment of a priority application)		Sean Daffin A/Policy Officer	March 2005
2	August 2005	Eligibility Relating to the Income of Applicants 4.1 dot point, Chile Pension of Mercy		Sean Daffin A/Policy Officer	August 2005
2	August 2005	Eligibility Relating to the Income of Applicants S2.6		Sean Daffin A/Policy Officer	August 2005
2	August 2005	Eligibility Relating to the Income of Applicants S2.6			August 2005
2	August 2005	Allocations Policy, S8 & 9.2			August 2005
2	September 2005	Cultural Diversity Policy s 9 and 9.1 added	2005/40592	Michelle Draper A/Policy Officer	November 2005
2	October 2005	Rent to Income Policy s 10.4 added	2005/40592	Michelle Draper A/Policy Officer	November 2005
2	November 2005	Debt Discount Scheme Policy s 13,13.2 and 17.1 amended	2005/40592	Michelle Draper A/Policy Officer	November 2005
2	November 2005	Rent to Income s 6.2 -added	2005/40592	Michelle Draper A/Policy Officer	December 2005
2	November 2005	Eligibility Relating to Income s 2.2 added – Renumbered s 2.2-2.9 to 2.3- 2.10	2005/40592	Michelle Draper A/Policy Officer	December 2005
2	December 2005	Homeswest’s Rental Function. Rental housing statistics updated	2005/40592	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	December 2005
2	December 2005	Eligibility Policy relating to incomes 3.6- Section number added, amendments made	2005/40592	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	December 2005
2	December 2005	Rent to Income Policy- section numbers added to dot points (s7.1-7.4) added guideline at s 7.2	2005/40592	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	December 2005
2	January 2006	Debt Recovery and Debt Discount Scheme Policy s8.1	2005/40592	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	January 2006
2	January 2006	Eligibility Policy- Eligibility Relating to Property Ownership and Other Residences s15.1	2005/40592	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	January 2006
2	31 October 2005	Rent to Income Policy s 2 (updated), 2.3 (deleted), 5.5 (added), 21.3 (added)	2005/40592	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	January 2006
2	December 2005	Good Neighbour Policy (NEW)	2005/09781- 03	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	January 2006
2	December 2005	Tenancy Management Policy (s2 added) s 2 onwards renumbered, s 5.2 (added) s6.1,8.2,13,18.1,24.1,35.1 (amended)	2005/40592	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	January 2006
2	December 2005	New Living Programmes Policy s10.1	2005/40592	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	January 2006
2	February 2006	Priority Assistance Policy s2, 3,3.1,9,16, 28.1,28.2 (updated)	2005/40592	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	February 2006
2	December 2005	Tenancy Management Policy (Tenant Eligibility Policy ) s 37.2 added	2005/40592	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	February 2006
2	March 2006	Housing for People with Disabilities – Preamble updated s 6, 10.2, 10.3, 8,12,12.2	F92451Y97A	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	March 2006
2	March 2006	HIV/AIDS Policy- Preamble updated	F92451Y97A	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	March 2006
2	March 2006	Allocations Policy s 3 (added)-s3 onwards renumbered	2005/40592	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	March 2006
2	March 2006	Domestic Violence Policy s 2.1 updated	2005/40592	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	March 2006
2	April 2006	Income limits for Eligibility	2005/40592	Anthony Ryan Policy Officer	April 2006
2	May 2006	Rent to Income policy- s 10.4 amended	2005/40592	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	May 2006
2	June 2006	Eligibility Relating to the Income of Applicants S 2.7 (deeming rates amended) & S 5.1 (cash asset limits for singles & couples amended)	2005/40592 F92462Y97A	Michelle Higgins, Policy Officer	July 2006
2	June 2006	Priority Assistance Policy s 25 amended, s25.2 inserted, s19.1 added, s 7.2 added	2006/20298 2005/40592	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	July 2006
2	June 2006	Tenant Eligibility Policy Preamble clarified, s 38 clarified	2005/40592 2001/13104	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	July 2006
2	June 2006	Transfer Policy- re written, sections renumbered. New provisions in s 8.1, s 14.1- 14.6 added	2006/01702 2005/40592	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	July 2006
2	June 2006	Eligibility Policy Preamble updated (rights of child)	2005/40592	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	July 2006
2	June 2006	Eligibility relating to proof of identity s 21.1 2nd dot point added	2005/40592	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	July 2006
2	July 2006	Eligibility policy relating to the income of applicants s 8.1 clarified, s 8.3 added	2005/40592	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	July 2006
2	December 2006	Tenant Eligibility – income eligibility re tenants above 26th parallel and remote regions	2005/40592	Michelle Draper Policy Officer	December 2006
2	March 2006	Priority Policy Preamble updated (written evidence of inability to find private accommodation)	2005/40592	Steve Willard – Policy Officer	March 2007
2	April 2007	Tenant Eligibility Policy Preamble updated to clarify the process relating to negotiations with tenants with pre 1996 tenancy agreements	2005/40592	Steve Willard – Policy Officer	April 2007
2	May 2007	Homeswest Appeals Mechanism updated to include a reference to the ineligibility of fixed term leases.
2	June 2007	Housing for People with Disabilities updated to amend the policy relating to the Homeswest Disability Allowance	2005/40592	Suzanne Healy – Policy Officer	June 2007
2	October 2007	Eligibility relating to applicants with a debt to Homewest and Debt Recovery Policy updated to amend policies referring to statute barred debt.	2005/40592	Suzanne Healy – Senior Policy Officer	October 2007

Name:	Steve Willard
Title:	Rental Policy Officer
Address:	Department of Housing and Works 99 Plain Street East Perth Western Australia 6004
Telephone:	(08) 9222 4737
Facsimile:	(08) 9222 4893
Email:	stephen.willard@dhw.wa.gov.au