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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2024-09-10T11:00:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
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  <dateModified time="2024-09-24T14:39:30+09:30" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Estimates Replies</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Grant Programs</name>
      <text id="20240910454edf045ea2402990004540">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Grant Programs</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="3120" referenceid="e8aa83ccffa94be0a00ef51416f9797c" kind="question">
        <name>In reply to Mr PEDERICK</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Hammond</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2024-09-10T01:30:00+09:30">
            <name>Grant Programs</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20240910454edf045ea2402990004541">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="3120" referenceid="e8aa83ccffa94be0a00ef51416f9797c">Mr PEDERICK (Hammond)</by> (26 June 2024).  (Estimates Committee B)</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="6889" referenceid="020b6db900d1457ebfe4919753f9c64a" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Taylor</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Housing and Urban Development</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Housing Infrastructure</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Planning</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2024-09-10T01:30:00+09:30">
            <name>Grant Programs</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20240910454edf045ea2402990004542">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="6889" referenceid="020b6db900d1457ebfe4919753f9c64a">The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION (Taylor—Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Minister for Housing Infrastructure, Minister for Planning):</by>  I have been advised that for the SA Housing Trust:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20240910454edf045ea2402990004543">
          <inserted>The following table provides the requested information on grant program/funds under my responsibility for the 2024-25, 2025-26 and 2026-27 financial years—controlled:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20240910454edf045ea2402990004544">
          <inserted>
            <table>
              <rowtitle>
                <cell>Grant program/fund name </cell>
                <cell>Purpose of grant program/fund </cell>
                <cell>2024-25 Estimate $000</cell>
                <cell>2025-26 Estimate $000</cell>
                <cell>2026-27 Estimate $000</cell>
              </rowtitle>
              <row>
                <cell colspan="5">South Australian Housing Trust</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>*National Agreement on Social Housing and Homelessness—Specialist Homelessness Services</cell>
                <cell>To provide grant funding to Specialist Homelessness Service Providers.</cell>
                <cell>77,166</cell>
                <cell>79,226</cell>
                <cell>81,318</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Social Housing Accelerator Payment</cell>
                <cell>Allocation of $68.4m to Community Housing projects from the Commonwealth's $135.8m Social Housing Accelerator Payment (SHAP). The Community Housing projects are expected to generate 250 housing outcomes.</cell>
                <cell>30,762</cell>
                <cell>34,180</cell>
                <cell>0</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Private Rental Assistance Program</cell>
                <cell>To provide financial assistance to households experiencing difficulty establishing a tenancy in the private rental market.</cell>
                <cell>11,940</cell>
                <cell>12,239</cell>
                <cell>12,545</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Emergency Accommodation Assistance</cell>
                <cell>To provide financial assistance into budget hotels or motels for people who need emergency accommodation, often as a result of domestic abuse.</cell>
                <cell>4,577</cell>
                <cell>4,691</cell>
                <cell>4,808</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Homelessness Support (2022 Election Commitment)</cell>
                <cell>Additional homelessness support, including grants to Catherine House, St Vincent de Paul, and the Hutt Street Centre. </cell>
                <cell>2,772</cell>
                <cell>3,057</cell>
                <cell>0</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Aspire Program</cell>
                <cell>To provide funding to the Hutt Street Centre to continue the Aspire program.</cell>
                <cell>1,340</cell>
                <cell>1,671</cell>
                <cell>1,859</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>National Rental Affordability Scheme</cell>
                <cell>To provide an annual financial incentive to housing providers for up to ten years if eligibility requirements continue to be met.</cell>
                <cell>1,321</cell>
                <cell>179</cell>
                <cell>23</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>National Partnership on Remote Housing (NPRH)</cell>
                <cell>To contribute to addressing housing need, building more sustainable remote housing management systems; increasing Indigenous employment, workforce participation and education opportunities, housing options and home ownership; and supporting the outcomes of the National Housing and Homelessness Agreement and National Indigenous Reform Agreement.</cell>
                <cell>1,083</cell>
                <cell>0</cell>
                <cell>0</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Payment of Spad Street Albert Park Sale Proceeds to Unity Housing</cell>
                <cell>Payment to Unity Housing of the proceeds from the sale of three properties managed by them, to enable reinvestment in a future development.</cell>
                <cell>1,010</cell>
                <cell>0</cell>
                <cell>0</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Other Grants &amp; Subsidies</cell>
                <cell>Minor grant payments.</cell>
                <cell>415</cell>
                <cell>332</cell>
                <cell>260</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>More Affordable Tenancies in Community Housing</cell>
                <cell>Funding to Community Housing Providers (CHPs) to undertake small scale development. CHPs are required to invest an equivalent (or greater) contribution to the project themselves.</cell>
                <cell>310</cell>
                <cell>0</cell>
                <cell>0</cell>
              </row>
            </table>
          </inserted>
        </text>
        <page num="9164" />
        <text id="20240910454edf045ea2402990004545">
          <inserted>*Includes budgets that are transferring to DHS as at 1 July 2024</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20240910454edf045ea2402990004546" />
        <text id="20240910454edf045ea2402990004547">
          <inserted>The following table provides details, including the value and beneficiary, or any commitments already made to be funded from the program or funds mentioned in the previous answer.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20240910454edf045ea2402990004548">
          <inserted>
            <table>
              <rowtitle>
                <cell>Grant program/fund name</cell>
                <cell>Beneficiary/ Recipient</cell>
                <cell>Purpose</cell>
                <cell>Value$</cell>
              </rowtitle>
              <row>
                <cell colspan="4">South Australian Housing Trust</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>National Partnership on Remote Housing</cell>
                <cell>Aboriginal Community Housing Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Provision of support services for residents of the Tika Tirka accommodation facility in Gilbert St, Adelaide.</cell>
                <cell>426,503</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>National Partnership on Remote Housing</cell>
                <cell>Aboriginal Community Housing Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Provision of advocacy services for Aboriginal housing tenants from remote communities to support employment and education opportunities.</cell>
                <cell>93,182</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Homelessness Support </cell>
                <cell>Hutt Street Centre</cell>
                <cell>Aspire Program—Intensive case management for up to 36 months for people who have experienced recurrent homelessness or are at risk of returning to homelessness.</cell>
                <cell>2,099,616</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Homelessness Support </cell>
                <cell>Catherine House</cell>
                <cell>Inner-city homelessness – Women's Crisis Accommodation.</cell>
                <cell>1,233,108</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Homelessness Support </cell>
                <cell>St Vincent de Paul</cell>
                <cell>Inner-city homelessness—Women and Men's Crisis Accommodation.</cell>
                <cell>1,063,700</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>National Housing &amp; Homelessness Agreement</cell>
                <cell>Lutheran Care</cell>
                <cell>Specialist Homelessness Services—Toward Home Adelaide South Alliance.</cell>
                <cell>16,599,400</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>National Housing &amp; Homelessness Agreement</cell>
                <cell>Uniting SA Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Specialist Homelessness Services—Adelaide North-West Alliance.</cell>
                <cell>13,140,673</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>National Housing &amp; Homelessness Agreement</cell>
                <cell>Uniting Country SA Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Specialist Homelessness Services—Country North Alliance.</cell>
                <cell>6,601,373</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>National Housing &amp; Homelessness Agreement</cell>
                <cell>Anglican Community Care Inc</cell>
                <cell>Specialist Homelessness Services—Southern Country Alliance.</cell>
                <cell>3,365,700</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>National Housing &amp; Homelessness Agreement</cell>
                <cell>Women's Safety Services SA Incorporated</cell>
                <cell>Specialist Homelessness Services—Domestic &amp; Family Violence Alliance.</cell>
                <cell>17,212,100</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>National Housing &amp; Homelessness Agreement</cell>
                <cell>Australian Alliance to End Homelessness</cell>
                <cell>Specialist Homelessness Services—Advance to Zero—Support people into permanent housing using a range of proven solutions.</cell>
                <cell>161,600</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>National Housing &amp; Homelessness Agreement</cell>
                <cell>Catholic Family Services</cell>
                <cell>Specialist Homelessness Services—Young Family Support Program—Support for persons 15-25 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.</cell>
                <cell>2,346,182</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>National Housing &amp; Homelessness Agreement</cell>
                <cell>NPY Women's Council</cell>
                <cell>Specialist Homelessness Services—Aboriginal Family Violence Service for women and children experiencing family or domestic violence.</cell>
                <cell>601,820</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>National Housing &amp; Homelessness Agreement</cell>
                <cell>Uniting Communities Incorporated</cell>
                <cell>Specialist Homelessness Services—Therapeutic Youth Service (Adelaide &amp; Mt Gambier)—Support for young people aged 0-17 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.</cell>
                <cell>6,237,182</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>National Housing &amp; Homelessness Agreement</cell>
                <cell>SYC Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Specialist Homelessness Services—Integrated Housing Exits (Youth Justice) for young persons aged 16-25 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and exiting a custodial setting or have obligations through the justice system.</cell>
                <cell>451,818</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>National Housing &amp; Homelessness Agreement</cell>
                <cell>SYC Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Specialist Homelessness Services—Lived Experience Engagement Program—people who have experience of housing and homelessness systems.</cell>
                <cell>230,000</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>National Housing &amp; Homelessness Agreement</cell>
                <cell>SYC Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Specialist Homelessness Services—Housing Advice, Advocacy &amp; Engagement for people at risk of homelessness or losing their tenancy, with focus on women affected by domestic and family violence, aboriginal people, young people or older people.</cell>
                <cell>934,000</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>National Housing &amp; Homelessness Agreement</cell>
                <cell>Unity Housing Company Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Specialist Homelessness Services—The Terrace Boarding House accommodation for single individuals who are able to meet tenancy obligations.</cell>
                <cell>491,545</cell>
              </row>
            </table>
          </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20240910454edf045ea2402990004549" />
        <page num="9165" />
        <text id="20240910454edf045ea2402990004550">
          <inserted>This table includes homelessness commitments that are transferring to DHS.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20240910454edf045ea2402990004551">
          <inserted>There are no longer any budgeted administered grant payments for the South Australian Housing Trust.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
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