Supporter Spring 2022
Work underway on $14m social and affordable housing development
37 homes
The Mansfield Park housing development will deliver:
Believe Housing Australia has started construction of a housing development in Mansfield Park that will deliver another 37 affordable homes in 2023. Michelle Gegenhuber, Believe Housing Australia Executive General Manager, said this project was part of the organisation’s 10-year, $100M housing development pipeline. Ms Gegenhuber said the development comes on the heels of construction kick-off at another Believe Housing Australia site earlier this year – a 23-home, $11M housing development in Panorama. “This new development is in part funded by the returns generated from state government community housing transfers,” she said. “As a Tier 1 Community Housing Provider, we have the capability and capacity to take on management of public housing transferred by the state to maintain and upgrade housing, support tenants, and create communities. “We can also reinvest returns from those community housing transfers directly to increase the housing supply in South Australia. “The launch of this development at Mansfield Park is an example of one the many flow-on benefits from community housing transfers. “It’s a community, business and economic win-win for South Australia. “We know construction stimulates jobs and the economy, and that when people are securely housed, savings through increased social participation and reduced service use far outweigh the cost of investment.” Believe Housing Australia’s research report Beyond the Housing Crisis – A Home for All, launched with UniSA in May this year, showed that a
10 3-bedroom homes
2-bedroom homes 21
6 2-bedroom SDA (specialist disability accommodation) Improved Liveability homes
All homes will include off-street parking and private internal courtyards. The development will incorporate internal walking loops and shared space in the form of community gardens. Move-in date is estimated to be early 2024.
“A number of factors have contributed to the soaring levels of homelessness and housing demand we are seeing across the state. Low rent affordability and availability, low incomes, a skyrocketing property market and the effects of COVID-19 have all played a part in creating a perfect storm of high need and low supply,” she said.
coordinated, focused response across government and multiple sectors is needed to help solve Adelaide’s housing crisis. Ms Gegenhuber said it will be a mix of innovative short- and long-term actions and strategies, and systemic change, that solves SA’s housing crisis.
Construction is progressing nicely at our Woodville West affordable development site, which will see the creation of 24 new apartments, including some SDA Improved Liveability homes, and six new villas. Affordable housing on the horizon
We are on track for a mid-2023 completion date.
These will provide much-needed access to social housing for youth, older people, and people living with disability. All slabs, structural steel, internal studwork and roof framing are complete, with linings and external claddings ongoing.
Thanks to our Development Manager Richard Hubert and the wider team including Mossop Construction + Interiors, WT (Australia & New Zealand), City Collective, Lucid Consulting and FMG Engineering.
Thanks to Mossop Construction + Interiors
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