More than 1300 new homes will be built in Adelaide’s north as part of a major urban renewal project

More than 70 hectares of land will be turned into a massive new residential estate in Adelaide’s north in the hopes it will help ease the housing crisis. See footage.

More than 1300 new homes will be built in Adelaide’s north over the next eight years as part of government efforts to combat the housing crisis.

The state government has earmarked about 71 hectares at Playford Alive in Munno Para for the new housing, at least 30 per cent of which will be affordable homes.

It now plans to fast track the expansion of the urban renewal project to meet high demand and release around 240 allotments per year as part of the development – called Playford Alive East.

Housing Minister Nick Champion said the project was “critical for affordability”, with the development to bring another 400 affordable homes to the area, next to the Munno Para Railway Station.

“We’re really trying to bring a housing supply to a very, very tight sales and rental market,” he said.

“We know that supply is our only way out of a housing crisis.”

The government will also be injecting $25 million into local infrastructure in the growing area, including $15 million for upgrades to Curtis Rd.

Mr Champion called on Playford Council to match the funding for the road.

“For too long now we’ve seen Curtis Rd in particular ignored by the local council … who have care and control over that very important road and who have not made sufficient investment in it,” he said.

“It’s a key northern route and we know it will need a duplication in time.”

An extension of Playford Alive at Munno Para will see another 1300 homes built in the next eight years.

State and federal governments earlier announced a $30 million commitment for a new dual lane roundabout for the notorious Curtis and Heaslip roads intersection.

Playford Council has been contacted for comment.

Bordered by Fradd Rd, the Gawler Rail Line and Curtis Rd, the development will also include commercial retail, public parks and walkways, and a minimum 25 percent tree canopy.

Mr Champion said the urban renewal development was designed to help young people get into the housing market.

For 19-year-old Daniel Borg, buying in an earlier stage of Playford Alive has done just that.

Mr Borg spent months trying to get into the housing market before securing land in the Playford Alive development thanks to government incentives.

He said affordability and livability were a drawcard for the area, with a friend and his brother also grabbing land in the new neighbourhood.

“Getting your first house, it’s probably the biggest investment of your life, so having things that are around you that are convenient, it definitely makes that settling in process so much easier,” he said.

An artist impression of how the extension of Playford Alive at Munno Para will look.

More than 43,000 people are expected to live at Playford Alive once the development is complete.

Member for Light Tony Piccolo said the development will help tackle the housing crisis.

“Fast tracking developments at Playford Alive will increase the supply of new homes and help put downward pressure on house prices and rents,” he said.

“Its location near the Munno Para Station, will enable families to better access public transport and help with the weekly family budget.”

Community housing providers will also have opportunities to deliver or manage affordable rental properties, the government said.

Civil works on the new housing development will begin this year.