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INDIGENOUS HOUSING

559 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (9 July 2013). With reference to 2013-14 Budget Paper 4, vol.1, p. 94—

1. Why did the Commonwealth reduce their funding by $79 million under the National Partnerships for Remote Indigenous Housing and National Building?

2. How many Indigenous housing homes have been sold?

3. Have any of the new dwellings constructed across public, community and state owned and managed Indigenous housing programs been sold and what are the details?

4. How many remote Indigenous houses have been built under the National Partnership Agreement?

5. What types of houses have been built under the Aboriginal Housing Capital Program and are there any one or two bedroom homes for families?

6. How is overcrowding in Aboriginal households monitored?

7. What innovative funding models for Aboriginal Housing have been developed?

The Hon. A. PICCOLO (Light—Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers): I have been advised:

1. The reference in the Budget Papers states that the $79 million decrease in income is primarily due to reduced Commonwealth Government funding. National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing (NPARIH) funding reduced by $39.8 million in 2012-13 as a result of the Commonwealth Government bringing forward $22.2 million from the 2012-13 funding year, and paying those funds in 2011-12. This created a $44.4 million difference in funding between those years, partly offset by a $4.6 million increase in funds in 2012-13 that was budgeted to occur, prior to the bring-forward being announced.

Commonwealth Government funding under the Nation Building—Economic Stimulus Plan reduced by $30.7 million in 2012-13, as funding for the program ended in 2011-12. Expenditure of funds previously received continued into 2012-13.

The other significant explanation for the reduction in income in 2012-13 was reduced sales of goods and services. The reduction in the sale of goods and services is mainly due to the movement in corporate overhead allocations between 2011-12 Actual and 2012-13 Budget and accommodation savings from the across government facilities savings measure that was implemented from 2012-13 onwards.

2. Since the start of the agreement in 2009, 36 existing Indigenous housing dwellings have been sold.

3. No newly constructed dwellings funded by NPARIH or state owned and managed Indigenous housing have been sold.

4. As at 30 June 2013, 152 new houses have been built under NPARIH. These are located in remote Aboriginal communities across South Australia.

5. A mixture of two, three and four bedroom dwellings have been constructed throughout the South Australian metropolitan and regional areas under the Aboriginal Housing Capital Program. Two bedroom dwellings are offered to singles and couples, with three and four bedroom dwellings offered to families.

6. Overcrowding is monitored using the Canadian National Occupancy Standard (CNOS) which is the measure used in the National Affordable Housing Agreement Performance Indicators Report, and is the preferred standard used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Each month, Housing SA applies the CNOS across public housing tenancies to produce a point-in-time report identifying the number of Aboriginal households living in overcrowded conditions. Further point-in-time reports are provided annually for the publicly released Report on Government Services and the National Agreement Performance Information.

Housing SA's Chintaro system is a housing management system. The system is used to support the delivery of tenancy, rental and maintenance services to remote and non-remote Aboriginal communities across South Australia. It will assist Housing SA to identify the level of overcrowding within these communities.

7. Funding models for Aboriginal housing remain under development at this time.

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