State, Commonwealth Add 100 Affordable Heidelberg Homes

Social and affordable housing projects in Victoria continue to come ahead, with 104 new homes slated for Heidelberg West.

The homes in the north-eastern Melbourne suburb will be delivered through ja oint partnership between the state and federal government.s 

Stage one of the Bell Bardia Project will provide the homes in a mix of one, two and three bedrooms.

It will include housing for those at risk of homelessness, victims and survivors of domestic and family violence and pensioners. 

The site is 10km from the Melbourne CBD with shops, public transport networks, services and schools nearby as well as the Austin Hospital.

Designs for the project are being created with an opportunity for the community to provide feedback planned for July to September this year. 

The homes will be designed to allow renters to save on their power bills.

The $5.3-billion Big Housing Build program has already completed or has nearly completed more than 9400 homes.

More than 4000 Victorians have now moved into new homes.

A $1-billion Regional Housing Fund will also provide at least 1300 new homes right across the state and the federal government’s Social Housing Accelerator will provide $500 million in funding to build another 769 homes.

The Victorian Government has set a target of building 800,000 homes over the next decade. 

Tarakan Street in Heidelberg West is another social housing project delivered as part of the Big Housing Build.

Social housing is also being built in suburbs such as Prahran and Brunswick.