PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY HOUSING

162 Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg) (2 November 2010) (First Session). How many public and community housing dwellings in South Australia were not tenanted as at 30 October 2010?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety, Minister for Multicultural Affairs): The Minister for Social Housing has been advised:

As at 30 October 2010 there were 926 vacant tenantable, and 1,005 vacant untenantable, public housing dwellings out of a total stock of more than 44,000 properties.

Tenantable properties are those under offer to a new tenant or undergoing maintenance works prior to allocation.

Untenantable properties may be undergoing major maintenance or being held for redevelopment and other purposes that do not make them suitable for allocation to tenants in the near future.

Community housing data is only collected on an annual basis and there were 268 vacant dwellings as at the end of June 2010. This figure includes both tenantable and untenantable properties.