Like it had equal stature to the elders' meetings, to the board meetings, to the property acquisition meetings, and to the fundraising meetings.

A large programme of social house building and property acquisition would help to reduce housing need and revive the sheltered house building industry while creating a public sector asset.

None of the proposals had a net positive economic benefit and there were significant costs due to property acquisition in all the proposals.

The federal government assumed 100 percent of the cost of property acquisition, up to $25,000.

This was the first property acquisition for the school in 115 years.