Housing

Juniper drives 2,500km solution: modular homes for aged care staff in the Kimberley

A convoy of trucks rolled into Fitzroy Crossing on Sunday, 10 August, carrying long-awaited modular homes that will provide accommodation for staff at Juniper’s Guwardi Ngadu Residential Aged Care Home.

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Caroline Egan

2 hours ago

Housing News

Uniting NSW.ACT secures $1.75M grant for social housing energy upgrades

Uniting NSW.ACT has received $1.75 million from the Australian and NSW Governments to deliver energy-efficient upgrades – including hot water heat pumps, reverse-cycle air conditioners and solar panels – across 300 of its community housing units.

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Ian Horswill

18 Aug 2025

Sector Moves & People

Catholic Health Australia CEO Jason Kara resigns

After two years leading the peak advocacy body for Australia’s largest non-government group of health, aged and community care services, Jason Kara has announced his resignation.

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Ian Horswill

11 Aug 2025

Housing

Older women targeted for affordable housing plan in Melbourne’s southeast

Community Housing Ltd has proposed a 13-storey apartment tower in Dandenong, 29km southeast of Melbourne’s CBD, offering 86 homes for vulnerable groups. The application, prepared by Squareback Planning and designed by Cera Stribley, for a Ministerial Permit states the proposed development would target older women experiencing homelessness, veterans at risk of homelessness, victims of family and domestic violence, and frontline workers employed locally.

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Ian Horswill

11 Aug 2025

Community Living

Not For Profit Sylvan Glades plans expansion of retirement village in Yarra Ranges, VIC

Plans are progressing for an expansion of the Sylvan Glades Retirement Village in Monbulk, 42km east of Melbourne’s CBD, with community meetings already held to discuss the proposal.

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Ian Horswill

11 Aug 2025

Housing News

BlueCHP to deliver senior-friendly social housing on Sunshine Coast by 2026

Construction is underway on a new five-storey social housing development in Birtinya, in the growth suburb of Kawana Waters, 100km north of Brisbane.

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Ian Horswill

04 Aug 2025

Government Policy

NSW Govt backs Vivacity’s plan to redevelop Central Coast caravan park

Vivacity Property, the developer and operator behind Natrium Coral Cove in Innes Park (Bundaberg), Tallowood Medowie in Port Stephens, and Stratford Gardens in Tahmoor (Macarthur region), has previously flagged plans for a $230 million redevelopment...

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Ian Horswill

28 Jul 2025

Awards

RFBI’s affordable housing project for women over 55 named award finalist

Watson Place, the 23 one-bedroom affordable apartments for women over 55 facing homelessness in Bellingen, 547km north of Sydney, is a finalist in the 2025 UDIA NSW Awards for Excellence in Affordable Housing. The development, which was six years in...

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Ian Horswill

28 Jul 2025

Housing News

Whiddon’s disused aged care home in Sydney’s southwest to house older women at risk of homelessness

Renovations of the disused residential care home in the 8.5ha Whiddon Easton Park in Glenfield, 36km southwest of Sydney’s CBD, have begun as a result of a collaboration between private sector property holders, charities and public funding. “At its...

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Ian Horswill

24 Jul 2025

Development

43 social and 43 affordable homes in five-storey development approved in Lane Cove North, Sydney

NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure has approved the State Significant Development by NSW Land and Housing Corporation for a five-storey affordable housing development with 86 apartments in a growing renewal precinct, 11km...

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Ian Horswill

22 Jul 2025

Housing News

Funding secured for Wesley Mission’s affordable and supported housing project in Canberra

Wesley Mission’s affordable rental and supported housing development in Curtin, Canberra, is officially going ahead after securing funding through the first round of the Australian Government’s $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF)...

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Ian Horswill

11 Jul 2025

Government Policy

18,650 social and affordable homes funded as 370 homes repurposed

The Australian Government’s flagship Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) has agreed to fund 9,284 social and 9,366 affordable homes through 279 successful projects under the first two funding rounds of the HAFF and National Housing Accord Facility...

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Ian Horswill

04 Jul 2025

Sector Moves & People

Former NSW Govt Minister Rob Stokes starts role as Anglicare Sydney’s Group Executive - Housing

In the newly-created role, the retired long-serving NSW politician will lead the growth and strategic direction of Anglicare’s Housing business unit, strengthening the organisation’s focus on providing more safe and affordable homes for those...

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Ian Horswill

30 Jun 2025