Affordable Homes Program

511 Ms COOK (Hurtle Vale) (9 June 2021). For the past 10 years, can the minister provide the number of homes offered for sale under the Affordable Homes program (now known as HomeSeeker SA) in each individual year broken down by:

(a) those offered for sale by the SA Housing Authority?

(b) those offered for sale by private vendors?

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:

The number of homes offered for sale by the SA Housing Authority under the Affordable Homes program and HomeSeeker SA has reduced over recent years due to the significant reduction in the sale of public housing by the Marshall Liberal government.

The Marshall Liberal government is now boosting opportunities for affordable housing purchase through the Affordable Homes Initiative, which will build and offer for sale 1,000 affordable homes to eligible South Australians over five years.

The number of homes offered for sale under the Affordable Homes Program and HomeSeeker SA are:

Figures include homes offered for sale from the Affordable Housing Initiative.