Asbestos inspections

TERRITORY public housing properties built before 1983 will be inspected for asbestos to update the database.

Independent licensed asbestos contractors would inspect urban public housing properties and determine ongoing management. The Department of Housing and Community Development is contacting tenants in properties built before 1983.

Houses built in Australia before the early 80s may have asbestos-containing material which was commonly used in building practices at the time.

The department covers all costs relating to inspections, samples and removals.

“The department takes the health and safety of tenants and staff seriously” said Deputy chief executive Jim Bamber.