QUEENSLAND’S Miles government is partnering with local company Shorelyne to deliver 32 new affordable homes in Hervey Bay for low-income seniors low-income single women.
The one-, two- and three-bedroom dual key homes will provide ageing in place options, designed to allow tenants to live independently.
Shorelyne will work with builder Metricon to construct the homes, with works expected to begin next month.
They will be built in the new Pinnacle Hervey Bay estate, and via the Housing Investment Fund form part of the Miles government’s Homes for Queenslanders that plans to deliver one million more homes.
A spokesperson from the Department of Housing, Local Government, Planning and Public Works told Australian Property Journal that as at 30th June, there are 1,000 social and affordable homes under construction.
“We’re continuing to ramp up construction on social and affordable homes to deliver 53,500 more social homes under the Homes for Queenslanders plan,” they said.
The Hervey Bay homes are aimed at low-income seniors aged 65 years and over, and low-income single women aged 50 and over.
“Hervey Bay is proud of its older community, and these homes will make a significant difference,” said Member for Hervey Bay, Adrian Tantari.
Housing Minister Meaghan Scanlon said, “Whether it’s projects like this, new pathways to fast-track more affordable homes or utilising innovative Queensland businesses to rollout modular homes, we’re leaving no stone unturned”.
The Miles government committed $3.1 billion into housing and homelessness initiatives in its election year budget.
Queenslanders will go to the polls on 26th October.
Shorelyne CEO Danielle Kohen said the “Ageing in Place” project aims to ensure that tenants can live “comfortably, independently, and with dignity in their own homes for as long as possible”.
“This project will see the development of 32 affordable housing dwellings specifically designed to cater for older tenants’ changing needs.”
