Following the close engagement of the state residents association with the Department of Fair Trading in the development of the Standard Form retirement village contract, the NSW Governments Department of Fair Trading has provided a grant of $25,000 per year for three years to the States residents association, RVRA. The grant money is to be spent on peer support, education and advocacy for residents, but not for general administration purposes.
ATO plans to charge GST on manufactured home parks scrapped
A concerted effort by the Residents Association of manufactured home parks has headed off the ATO which had planned to impose GST in mobile homes. This would have added 10% to the cost of the purchase of a home