Housing Affordability

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:28): Subject to standing order 107 I seek leave to make a brief explanation before directing questions to a private member on the subject of housing affordability.

Leave granted.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: Today, the Hon. Mr Justin Hanson, in relation to a land sale from his period on council, is quoted by the Leader Messenger as saying, 'I'm not anti-development, but we're not inner city Melbourne, there's not that much demand for low-cost housing.' My questions to the honourable member are:

1. Is he aware that Anglicare's rental affordability snapshot has shown that Adelaide's housing across the metropolitan area has been in crisis levels for people living on low incomes?

2. Does he support his government's affordable housing policies, and will he apologise to the 21,000 people on the South Australian Housing Trust waiting list, including 3,500 on the category 1 list?

The Hon. J.E. HANSON (14:29): I thank the member for her question.

An honourable member: Your first question.

The Hon. J.E. HANSON: My first question. Essentially, this is about a specific geographical area. You were quoting from the Leader Messenger. What occurred here is there is a development in Modbury, and this particular article relates to that. There was a petition, going back a period of time, when some residents were concerned about some sale of land, and this relates to that specific area.