Regional South Australia

Location:

Incorporating Port Augusta, Melrose, Whyalla, Booleroo Centre, Peterborough, Port Pirie, Laura, Gladstone, Jamestown, Burra, Saddleworth

Completion:

December 2014

Project cost:

$22m

Dwelling mix:

102 homes (80 Unity Housing; 22 market)

Target group:

60 rented to key workers and 20 to older South Australians and people living with a disability

Partners:

Devine Group; Rossdale Homes and Wahlstedt Quality Homes; HomeStart Finance

Awards:

2015 AHI Award of Excellence: Housing Development; 2015 PowerHousing Award: Leadership and Innovation

Project Summary:

Unity Housing’s Northern Region Affordable Rental Initiative delivers in 11 communities in the mid-north region. This project supported expanding industries and fostered economic development for regional South Australia.

The projects also offered each of the 80 homes a 1.5kW photovoltaic solar generation system to reduce tenant electricity bills by up to 50 per cent.

The project is an innovative partnership driven by Unity Housing between the Commonwealth Government, the South Australian State Government, regional councils, the corporate sector and Regional Development Australia.