Topic - Housing News

Aspen buys 26ha site in WA and reveals plans as HY25 results show strong growth

The ASX-listed affordable housing group has shown the vociferous demand for its products as it released its HY25 Financial Result on Thursday. Aspen Group’s revenue increased by 20.1% to $50.9 million, and its profit surged by 39.9% to $31.2 million...

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Ian Horswill

21 Feb 2025

Development

Victoria remains King of Build to Rent but there’s a new Queen: Knight Frank

With the Build to Rent tax reform legislation aiming to boost investment in apartment blocks designed and constructed for rental occupancy and retained in single ownership passed, there are signs momentum is beginning to show. Knight Frank’s...

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Ian Horswill

10 Feb 2025

Housing News

Anglicare Sydney opens 51 affordable housing units for over 55s women

Forestview, built by Growthbuilt and funded by the NSW Government, is the final project to be delivered under the Not For Profit’s current funding agreement with the state government. The 51 units for women over 55, which is part of St Luke’s...

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Ian Horswill

10 Feb 2025

Housing News

24 new units for women over 55, seniors and those with disabilities in Qld’s Sunshine Coast

Coast2Bay Housing Group will operate the Hollindale Mainwaring Architecture designed unit block in Stockland’s Aura, Australia’s largest residential development project, after it was constructed by Murphy Builders and funded by the Queensland...

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Ian Horswill

10 Feb 2025

Development

Two purpose-built modular homes designed for seniors built in three months

The Livable Housing Australia Gold homes with a specific focus on catering to the needs of seniors living, including those who have challenges with mobility, have been delivered to the Thallon community in Southwest Queensland. Sunshine Coast-based...

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Ian Horswill

10 Feb 2025

Housing News

50 off-the-plan affordable apartments “earmarked for seniors” in latest WA Govt initiative

The studio, one and two-bedroom apartments will be in Inglewood, 4km northeast of Perth’s CBD. Designed by Klopper & Davis Architects, with the build managed by Spinnaker Developments, the apartment complex has been procured through the state...

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Ian Horswill

03 Feb 2025

Housing News

35 new homes for people over 50 in Bendigo as Anglicare Australia want 15,000 social houses built annually

The $16.6 million Victorian Government project, in partnership with Not For Profit Wintringham Housing, is complete with successful applicants to move in this month. The Golden Square development, on the site of the former Welcome Stranger Motel...

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Ian Horswill

03 Feb 2025

Housing News

Social and senior housing. 33 desperate Northern Beaches women turned away each month. How can the Prime Minister smile?

Throughout Australia the need for social housing, particularly seniors, continues to grow. Narelle Hand “Older women are needing safe affordable housing more than ever,” said Narelle Hand, Chief Executive Officer at Northern Beaches Women’s...

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Ian Horswill

27 Jan 2025

Aged Care

Southern Cross Care (WA) puts homeless seniors into one of its aged care homes

The Not For Profit has a 97% occupancy rate, well above the Government’s national average of 86.1%, with 476 residents in its eight residential aged care homes in Perth’s Metropolitan area, Kalgoorlie and Broome.

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Ian Horswill

15 Jan 2025

Housing News

Bethanie Housing chosen by WA Government to build and operate new seniors social housing development

The registered charity, which provides subsidised accommodation and services to seniors in need, has been chosen as the preferred operator to develop and operate a new 90-dwelling community housing development in Mount Lawley, an inner northern suburb of Perth.

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Ian Horswill

15 Jan 2025

Government Policy

New modular homes for seniors in West Australian town

Just three two-bedroom, one-bathroom homes will be available for seniors on the housing waitlist in Manjimup, a town 307km south of the state capital, Perth, in early 2025. The modular houses have been added to the 26-lot Cherry Glades development site...

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Ian Horswill

10 Jan 2025

Development

SA Government proposes four to six-storey retirement villages targeting single occupants

“The aim of the Accommodation Diversity Code Amendment is to increase the number of well-designed, diverse, and affordable housing supply options across the entire state, to respond to these population projections and growth in single person...

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Ian Horswill

09 Dec 2024

Housing News

First women aged 55 and over move into social housing in Melbourne as Margot Robbie Netflix doco highlights older women’s homelessness

Construction of the 96 social housing homes, a partnership between National Affordable Housing and Pace Development Group with $50 million provided by the Victorian Government, began in May 2023. The “missing middle” a term used by the...

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Ian Horswill

09 Dec 2024