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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2024-06-04T14:15:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>55</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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  <dateModified time="2024-06-11T14:27:42+09:30" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>HomeSeeker</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>HomeSeeker</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="6802" referenceid="c1fd605273be4c058a02036c43289159" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. R.A. SIMMS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2024-06-04T04:45:00+09:30" qonNum="339">
            <name>HomeSeeker</name>
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          <inserted>339 <by role="member" id="6802" referenceid="c1fd605273be4c058a02036c43289159">The Hon. R.A. SIMMS </by>().10 April 2024).  Can the Minister for Human Services advise:</inserted>
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          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;Over the last five years, what percentage of houses and units advertised on HomeSeeker were already built and ready to move in to?</inserted>
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          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;Over the last five years, how many affordable houses and units have been removed from HomeSeeker after they failed to sell?</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development</name>
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            <name>Minister for Forest Industries</name>
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          <question date="2024-06-04T04:45:00+09:30" qonNum="339">
            <name>HomeSeeker</name>
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            <by role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d">The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries):</by>  The Minister for Human Services has advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;The HomeSeeker SA website was launched in February 2021. </inserted>
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          <inserted>In that period 53 (3.2 per cent) of the properties advertised on the HomeSeeker SA website were built and ready to move in to. </inserted>
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          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;Properties are listed on HomeSeeker SA for a set period of time, during which they are available for sale only to eligible home buyers. The period of time is currently 60 days.</inserted>
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          <inserted>Since February 2021, there have been 1,660 properties listed on the website, with 700 selling to eligible home buyers during that period. The remaining 960 properties were removed from the website after the listing period and sold on the open market.</inserted>
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      </talker>
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