Housing SA Tenancies

Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide) (14:33): My question is to the Minister for Social Housing. Can the minister update the house as to how many Housing Trust properties were vacant as at 28 February 2015 and for what reasons?

The Hon. Z.L. BETTISON (Ramsay—Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers) (14:33): Thank you very much for the question. We have talked often here in the house about vacancy rates, and we know that we have 42,310 houses. We have about 2.7 per cent that are available for tenancies. They are undergoing maintenance prior to reallocation. When we look at the private sector, this is a little bit below what they face. They look at about 3 per cent to 3.5 per cent, looking at those vacancy rates.