Housing SA

491 Ms COOK (Hurtle Vale) (12 May 2021). What is the budget for maintenance and new builds over the forward Estimates?

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:

SA Housing Authority's budgets over the forward estimates to 2023-24 are:

The Marshall Liberal government's maintenance budgets over the forward estimates represent a significant increase from the former Labor government's 2017-18 maintenance budget of $125.4 million.

The significant investment by the Marshall Liberal government in the development of affordable housing and the renewal of public housing represents an increase in new build spending compared to the former Labor government, who budgeted $103.1 million in 2017-18.