Believe Housing Australia has today launched a $14 million affordable housing development providing much-needed rental homes for more than 100 South Australians priced out of the rental market.
Believe Housing Australia has been overwhelmed by demand. The first 20 of 37 affordable homes at Believe Housing Mansfield Park have attracted more than 700 enquiries and 250 tenant applications in the first weeks of their release.
The 37 purpose-built two and three-bedroom rental homes on Wilson Street, which include six specialist disability accommodation units, are fully funded and managed by Tier 1, not-for-profit community housing provider Believe Housing Australia.
"The good news is that Community Housing Providers, like Believe Housing Australia, are working hard with federal, state and local governments to maximise the billion-dollar pipeline of affordable housing investment expected through the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF)." - Believe Housing Australia Executive General Manager Stacey Northover.
Young full-time workers, young working families, people aged 55 and over, and those living with disability on moderate incomes can apply for tenancy to the affordable rental homes.
The last group of affordable homes at Believe Housing Mansfield Park have just been completed and will go to market later this month.
The first tenants, a couple aged over 55, a full-time working mother and her son, a disability worker and an essential health worker made Believe Housing Mansfield Park their home less than a month ago.
"We are experiencing a housing shortage across the country, and too often we see the people with the lowest incomes struggling to find a place to call home. This is why we are committed to working with our community housing partners to support them to deliver more social housing to South Australians, through programs like Renewing Our Streets and Suburbs." - Human Services Minister Nat Cook
Believe Housing Mansfield Park was launched by Human Services Minister Nat Cook today.
Believe Housing Mansfield Park has been developed with support from the State Government’s Renewing Our Streets and Suburbs (ROSAS) project. ROSAS, overseen by the SA Housing Authority, is delivering more than 1000 new homes and improving the sustainability of the state's social housing into the future.
This news item brought to you by Believe Housing Australia and Anglicare SA
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