Housing News

Goodwin will subsidise seven affordable retirement living units in new ACT village

The independent Not For Profit medium rise village in Downer, designed by CK Architecture, which will have 109 Independent Living Units (ILUs) and 20 Assisted Living Apartments. “The 109 ILUs will however include seven Affordable Retirement Living...

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Ian Horswill

10 Nov 2024

Housing News

Every apartment in RFBI’s affordable housing for women over 55 in NSW Mid North Coast snapped up

It is taken six years since the plan was first conceived and now CEO Frank Price is a happy man. The 23 one-bedroom affordable apartments for women over 55 facing homelessness in Watson Place, Bellingen, 547km north of Sydney, is through Belloran...

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Ian Horswill

10 Nov 2024

Community Living

RAAFA WA given $5M towards 16 purpose-built units for veterans

In a pledge to help Western Australian veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness, the WA Government has announced a $5 million Lotterywest grant to support RAAFA WA’s Andrew Russell Veteran Living (ARVL) program. The pledge comes following...

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Ian Horswill

04 Nov 2024

Housing News

Over 55s encouraged as Stage 2 of Third.i’s Elevate Hume Place in Crows Nest, Sydney, announced as Build to Rent with Wellness amenities

There will be 476 one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments designed by Woods Bagot in the collaboration between the property developer, co-founded by Luke Berry, and Phoenix Property Investors, directly above the newly-opened Crows Nest Metro...

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Ian Horswill

28 Oct 2024

News & Headlines

Reinventing retirement living? Gurner Group’s “futuristic wellness and anti-ageing utopia”

This utopia might appear fanciful but Tim Gurner has runs on the board. “This will be Australia’s first next-generation wellness precinct where our homes can make us healthier and have a marked impact on our mental and physical wellbeing,” he...

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Ian Horswill

22 Oct 2024

Housing News

Lendlease partners with Japanese for a $500M Build to Rent development in Melbourne

The ASX-listed property group announced it has struck a deal with Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate to deliver a new $500 million, 499-unit tower in Melbourne’s Docklands that is due to be completed in early 2026. Lendlease will develop, build and act...

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Ian Horswill

15 Oct 2024

Housing

RAAFA WA open accommodation and much-needed assistance to veterans thanks to Hancock Prospecting

Sir Valston Hancock House in South Perth was officially opened with the WA Governor Chris Dawson and Darrilyn Dawson in attendence on Friday. With generous support from Gina Rinehart AO and Hancock Prospecting, Sir Valston Hancock House is a joint...

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Ian Horswill

08 Oct 2024

Housing

RSL LifeCare and RSL NSW’s commitment to veterans clear to see

In an exceptional show of commitment, RSL LifeCare, in partnership with RSL NSW and the generosity of local sub- Branches, has set new records in supporting veterans and their families, including the delivery of health, housing, employment...

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Ian Horswill

08 Oct 2024

Rebuilds

UnitingSA behind $25M plan for housing for women aged over 55 in Adelaide

A 2,950sqm site with outdated social housing buildings in Bowden, 2km northwest of Adelaide’s CBD, will be demolished for a new $25 million development primarily for housing women over 55 facing homelessness. Uniting SA is seeking planning approval...

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Ian Horswill

01 Oct 2024

Development

Queensland’s biggest social housing project includes two-bedroom homes for people over 55

FCC Construction Australia and Modscape have begun the building of 490 purpose-built one- and two-bedroom homes including 245 social housing apartments, 223 affordable homes, and 22 specialist disability accommodation apartments, in Woree, a suburb...

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Ian Horswill

24 Sep 2024

Government Policy

Guidance on Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards will be released by year’s end

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission has released its findings from consultation on the guidance documents for the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards.

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Caroline Egan

29 Aug 2024

Housing

“Age in place” homes to be built in Whitlam in the ACT

Housing ACT Growing and Renewing Public Housing Program has announced 25 two-, three-and four-bedroom homes will be built in Whitlam, a suburb in the Molonglo Valley. The townhouses will all be Class C adaptable, which means they are suitable for...

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Ian Horswill

27 Aug 2024

Awards

The Salvation Army’s Affordable Housing Complex in Chermside, Brisbane, wins Property Council State/Territory Development of the Year award

Built by Total Construction with architects DC8Studio, the three storey, 26 two- and three-bedroom unit Affordable Housing Complex now goes into the Property Council’s National Innovation & Excellence Awards in Sydney next month. Mainly funded...

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Ian Horswill

27 Aug 2024