Six-storey apartment complex to create 48 homes, replace ‘unliveable’ Housing Trust homes on Anzac Highway

Nearly 50 new dwellings would be built under a $28m plan for a six-storey apartment building to replace “unliveable” Housing Trust homes.

Artist impression of new $23m Housing Trust apartment complex to house 96 people at Camden Park.

Detailed plans have been released for a $23.7m new Housing Trust apartment complex in Adelaide’s southwest.

The six-storey building at Camden Park will feature 48 two-bedroom apartments to house 96 people.

A development application has been lodged, with the $23.72m building paid for from the federal government’s $2bn Social Housing Accelerator on land owned by the state government.

The vacant 7500sq m site, on the corner of Anzac Highway and Cromer St in Camden Park, was previously home to 48 two-storey Housing Trust dwellings no longer fit for purpose.

Existing Housing Trust tenants have been relocated over the past two years and the buildings demolished.

The proposed development backs on to a bike and walk path running through the council reserve and is just 100m from a bus stop on Anzac Highway.

The proposed Housing Trust apartments form a crucial element in the greater renewal of this area of Camden Park.

The higher-density living will create more space for additional future housing options, currently under assessment by the state government.

The development application will be released for public consultation in the coming months. If approved, the new Housing Trust apartment block is expected to be complete in 2027.

Artist impression of new $23m Housing Trust apartment complex to house 96 people at Camden Park.

Local MP Mark Butler said the Camden Park Housing Trust block had become unliveable, while state Housing Minister Nick Champion said they were “not acceptable”.

“This proposed development will provide important housing security for Housing Trust tenants and continues our efforts to increase the supply of public housing in this state,” he said.

“This is an example of the State Government reviewing a strategic site to achieve higher density and more housing options.”

Federal housing minister Clare O’Neil said the Commonwealth wanted to reduce the stress of housing for South Australians.

“The long waits on housing lists, the long queues for rentals, the out of reach deposit for first-home buyers – we’ll reduce these issues if we build more houses, and that’s what these projects do,” she said.

Last week, the state government announced about $2bn in a development “pipeline” to build around 3000 homes across major Adelaide and South Australian sites.

Originally published as Six-storey apartment complex to create 48 homes, replace ‘unliveable’ Housing Trust homes on Anzac Highway