Community housing provider to run 12 storey affordable housing community
LOS ANGELES: A community housing provider is being sought to operate a proposed twelve storey affordable housing community.
Works on a 12-storey affordable housing development at Bowden, which will add hundreds of parking spots to the inner Adelaide suburb, are set to start next month.
The government is seeking a community housing provider to operate the building’s 80 apartments, which will be rented to eligible lower-income tenants at 75 per cent of market rent.
The industrial-style complex on Third St, opposite the Plant 4 retail precinct, will include 221 parking spots – at least 170 of which will be publicly accessible.
The state government said it was delivering the project in partnership with the federal government through funding under the Housing Australia Future Fund Facility and Renewal SA.
The building will include specialist disability accommodation, retail and commercial space on the ground and first levels, and a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments.
Four extra terrace-style apartments, attached to the main building at the ground level, are set to be made available to the open market.
The government said it would also redevelop the Field Street Laneway as part of the project, to enhance the pedestrian route through the precinct, Plant 4 and nearby train station.
Peter Malinauskus said the government was “pulling every lever at our disposal to build more homes, and get more South Australians into their own home”.
The government’s target is for the first residents to occupy the building in 2027.
Croydon local Kosta Stefanou, 34, said Adelaide’s public transport system needs to be strengthened to eliminate the need for extra parking in inner-city suburbs such as Bowden.
“Parking is good within the paradigm of a car-dominated city,” Mr Stefanou said.
“The state and the local councils need to seriously consider how they’re going to future-proof this city through really robust strong public transport that would actually eliminate the need for as much parking, as much use of cars.”
Mr Stefanou, who often uses the Adelaide Bike Kitchen in Bowden, welcomed the development and believes the state needs more affordable medium density housing.
“What makes this a desirable place to live is the active and cooperative community participation that happens here,” he said.
“I would love to see more medium density housing like Bowden that was entirely contributing to affordable social housing permanently.