Group GSA has delivered a cluster of integrated housing developments that combine affordable build-to-sell apartments alongside social housing.
Located in western Sydney – a region identified by housing provider Anglicare as in urgent need of social and afordable housing – development comprises three sites at Mount Druitt, Fairfield and Liverpool.
The social housing element of the project has been designed specifically for women over 55 years, identified by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as the fastest growing group vulnerable to homelessness.
In 2021, almost 5,000 women in this demographic were on a waitlist for social housing in New South Wales alone, while more than 400,000 women over 45 were considered at risk of housing affordability stress and subsequent homelessness.
Anglicare Botany is made up of 18 boutique-scale studios, designed exclusively for single women over 55 years of age.
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Group GSA director Lisa-Maree Carrigan said the practice “embraced” Anglicare’s mission to address affordable and social housing in the western suburbs and to support ageing in place.
The practice helped to the care provider create a hybrid housing model that combines affordable and social housing in the western suburbs.
“Anglicare social housing developments seek to address affordability while still delivering high quality homes,” said Anglicare development manager Andreas Brohl. “These developments are innovative in their approach to providing residents [with] not only a modern and comfortable home, but also a supportive, connected and welcoming community.”
Carrigan added, “At their core, these residential builds are designed to be good neighbours – positively impacting both occupants and the urban fabric they inhabit.”
Source: Architecture - architectureau
