Emergency Accommodation

552 Ms COOK (Hurtle Vale) (22 June 2021). How many hotel rooms are being funded for use as emergency accommodation as of 24 June 2021?

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 has an approved panel of 23 hotel/motel providers that are under contract to provide emergency accommodation. When clients are approved for emergency assistance, one of the approved panel suppliers is utilised. The panel providers are funded to provide rooms as required.