Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) Subject to this regulation, the Chief Executive Officer (Housing) may let a dwelling to an eligible person.
(2) A letting under subregulation (1) must be:
(a) subject to regulation 5, at the rent of the dwelling determined under section 23 of the Act for that dwelling; and
(b) in accordance with these Regulations, the Residential Tenancies Act 1999 and any conditions that the Chief Executive Officer (Housing) thinks fit.
(3) The Chief Executive Officer (Housing) may, in letting a dwelling under subregulation (1), give preference to an eligible person who, in its opinion:
(a) is occupying an insanitary or overcrowded dwelling-place; or
(b) is living under unsatisfactory housing conditions; or
(c) is homeless.
(4) The Chief Executive Officer (Housing) must not let a dwelling under this regulation to a person unless the Chief Executive Officer (Housing) is satisfied that the person intends to use the dwelling as a home for the person or the person's dependants and for no other purpose.
(5) Subject to subregulation (4), with the written consent of the Minister, the Chief Executive Officer (Housing) may, for a period not exceeding 6 months, let a dwelling to a person who is not an eligible person but who has been displaced from a dwelling-place by process of law and who, in its opinion:
(a) is occupying an insanitary or overcrowded dwelling-place; or
(b) is living under unsatisfactory housing conditions; or
(c) is homeless.