House of Assembly: Tuesday, September 08, 2020

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Affordable Homes Program

183 Ms COOK (Hurtle Vale) (21 July 2020). Can the minister advise:

(a) How many properties have been sold to eligible households through the affordable housing programs in each financial year since its inception?

(b) How many of these households were social housing tenants?

The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Planning and Local Government): The Minister for Human Services has provided the following advice:

(a) The Affordable Homes Program commenced in 2007-08.

The number of properties sold to eligible home buyers during exclusive listing period for each financial year is as follows:

Financial Year No. sold
2007-08 188
2008-09 105
2009-10 244
2010-11 186
2011-12 224
2012-13 240
2013-14 276
2014-15 296
2015-16* 218
2016-17 170
2017-18 148
2018-19 103
2019-20 ** 49


* In 2015, the Affordable Homes Program reduced the exclusive listing period for a property to 30 days.

** Consistent with multiple external economic impacts affecting the South Australian residential market, there has been a recent reduction in sales.

(b) The Authority does not report on the number of properties sold through the Affordable Homes Program to social housing tenants.