The ACT government says the Commonwealth's $1 billion loan for the buyback and demolition of Mr Fluffy houses is not guaranteed and could be at risk if the list of properties is released.
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The government has again refused to release the list of the 1021 affected properties under Freedom of Information laws and says it is concerned doing so could jeopardise the loan.
The Asbestos Response Taskforce has confirmed the loan agreement has yet to be signed.
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said while the federal government had committed to providing the loan the final details of the agreement were still under negotiation.
"While it is unlikely that the Commonwealth would withdraw from these negotiations it is in the best interest of the community that the ACT government doesn't take any action that could jeopardise the offer of the loan," he said.
The ACT government has also confirmed it will release the list of the affected Mr Fluffy homes during the week of June 30 this year.
Mr Barr said the government accepted that in the best interests of the wider community "we must disclose the details of the affected properties" and said it would also become necessary as the scheme moved into the demolition and remediation stage.
"We understand that for a lot of the owners of affected properties, the release of the list will be another traumatic blow," he said.
"So ideally the release of the list would be at a time that minimises the harm to owners while providing for wider public interest of disclosure."
Mr Barr confirmed the week of June 30 was the most appropriate time as it would allow homeowners time to consider the government's buyback scheme.
The affected residents have until the end of June to opt into the scheme and the government has not ruled out compulsory acquisition of properties after this time.
The Canberra Times has had three requests for the Mr Fluffy list rejected by the government in the past year.
The latest rejection by the Asbestos Response Taskforce says the loan agreement is yet to be signed and negotiations in that context were continuing.
A taskforce representative is concerned that releasing the list publicly could generate unnecessary alarm (particularly among homeowners) which would affect the ACT's negotiating position with the Commonwealth.
"The impact of this could reasonably result in rendering the conduct of the negotiations in relation to the loan agreement more difficult, substantial impairment of good working relations and hindering of cooperation," the representative says.
The FOI response says the non-disclosure of the list is counterbalanced by government policy that ensures people with an interest in the house are already informed.
A spokeswoman for the Asbestos Response Taskforce said search mechanisms for former owners/tenants and tradespeople, public and industry education around loose-fill asbestos and tagging of affected homes maintained the balance of privacy and community interest.
She said before the list was released in June the government would work to educate the community on the support available to them if they discovered they had been in the affected homes.
The federal government announced last October that it would provide a $1 billion concessional loan to the ACT government to buy back and demolish all 1021 Mr Fluffy properties.
The government is expected to be out of pocket by at least $300 million at the end of the scheme after it rezones and sells the remediated blocks.
Pilot demonstrations of demolishing some of the five Mr Fluffy public housing properties are expected in January.
The ACT government passed a $762 million approbation bill to pay for the scheme in December.
