Heaters in housing commission

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  1. snapper17

    snapper17 Member

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    Hi All

    My friend lives in housing commission in metro VIC.
    Her heating is currently split systems one of which is not working properly anymore.
    She has been unable to organise a new one.

    What we want to know is what type of heater (inc model numbers if you have it) does the government currently install in these houses as the one that was originally installed is not suitable anymore due to leaks.

    We have tried to call the housing commission to organise a heater but get stuck in bureaucracy as they don't want to install one that covers the whole house.

    thanks
     
    snapper17, 22nd Jun, 2022
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  2. Paul@PAS

    Paul@PAS Tax, Accounting + SMSF + All things Property Tax Business Plus Member

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    Public housing has minimum heating requirements. They will install a replacement which may be a space heater not the whole of the house. If one of two splits stopped working they may repair or replace the one that is defective for a like unit. When you are a guest of the government you cant dictate what you get. They do.
     
    Paul@PAS, 22nd Jun, 2022
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  3. snapper17

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    thanks. There are new rental laws that require heating to be installed. Do these laws mean the whole house need to be covered or just one room?

    thanks
     
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  4. shorty

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    In Vic I believe it just needs to cover the living area
     
    shorty, 22nd Jun, 2022
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    Paul@PAS Tax, Accounting + SMSF + All things Property Tax Business Plus Member

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    There is no requirement for the whole dwelling in any state.
     
    Paul@PAS, 29th Jun, 2022
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    skater Well-Known Member

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    In NSW, most of the ones that I've seen....and I've seen a LOT of them, there is NO heating installed by Housing Commission.
     
    skater, 30th Jun, 2022
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  7. Sackie

    Sackie Well-Known Member

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    Someone needs to commission a heating commission into the housing commission.
     
    Sackie, 30th Jun, 2022
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