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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2019-04-30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Housing Trust</name>
      <text id="201904309069c2e016134ad9b0001034">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Housing Trust</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="3533" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. G.G. BROCK</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Frome</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2019-04-30">
            <name>Housing Trust</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="201904309069c2e016134ad9b0001035">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="3533">the Hon. G.G. BROCK (Frome)</by> (13 February 2019).  </inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4847" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.K. KNOLL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Schubert</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Transport</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Planning</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2019-04-30">
            <name>Housing Trust</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="201904309069c2e016134ad9b0001036">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4847">The Hon. S.K. KNOLL (Schubert—Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government, Minister for Planning):</by>  The Minister for Human Services has provided the following advice—</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201904309069c2e016134ad9b0001037">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;As at 28 February 2019, there were 687 applications in either category 1 (17 per cent), category 2 (22 per cent) or category 3 (61 per cent) where customers had selected housing in either Port Pirie and/or Clare.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201904309069c2e016134ad9b0001038">
          <inserted>
            <table>
              <rowtitle>
                <cell>Number of applications</cell>
                <cell>Time waited</cell>
              </rowtitle>
              <row>
                <cell>155</cell>
                <cell>Less than six months</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>125</cell>
                <cell>Six to 12 months</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>114</cell>
                <cell>12 to 24 months</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>293</cell>
                <cell>24 months +</cell>
              </row>
            </table>
          </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201904309069c2e016134ad9b0001039" />
        <text id="201904309069c2e016134ad9b0001040">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;Of the 1383 total Housing Trust properties in Port Pirie, including Port Pirie South and Port Pirie West, 36 properties are currently vacant:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201904309069c2e016134ad9b0001041">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>one was under offer</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="201904309069c2e016134ad9b0001042">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>six were undergoing major maintenance</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="201904309069c2e016134ad9b0001043">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>ten were undergoing vacancy maintenance and</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="201904309069c2e016134ad9b0001044">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>19 were vacant due to other reasons, including but not limited to: capital projects, sales and acquisitions, proposed sale or redevelopment, offer accepted, under assessment or undergoing an abandoned good process.</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="201904309069c2e016134ad9b0001045" />
      </talker>
    </subject>
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