00:00 The face of development in Adelaide's west.
00:05 Well a lot of the people around here like us who don't want to move out of this area.
00:10 For almost 20 years Alan Dixon and his wife have called Seton home.
00:14 On Monday they received a letter telling them they'll be moved out of their housing trust property.
00:20 I don't feel too good about it, very much so. Neither does my wife.
00:25 About 340 Seton households will be shifted from their publicly owned homes to make way for about 1,300 new dwellings.
00:34 We'll be going stage by stage, basically block by block, working with tenants, getting them into more appropriate accommodation.
00:43 The government says while more than 380 housing trust properties will go, the same number will be replaced in the new build.
00:51 The development will cost taxpayers $425 million.
00:56 An additional $150 million will be spent developing vacant land at Norlunga.
01:02 That collectively will result in 1,900 new homes, a significant parcel of which will be for public housing,
01:09 and another parcel of which will be for affordable homes on the private market.
01:13 It comes as the state government tries to address ongoing housing problems in this week's budget.
01:19 Stamp duty will be abolished for first home buyers purchasing or building a new home.
01:25 Last year's cap on relief scrapped, meaning all first home buyers will be eligible.
01:30 This is one of the biggest shake-ups and tax reductions that we've seen when it comes to the cost of building and land in our state in its history.
01:37 The opposition says the government should offer a package to help people purchase existing properties too.
01:43 We believe that providing relief, we suggested $10,000, that will remain the policy we now take to the next election.
01:51 The government says that move would just add to prices.
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