SA Housing Trust

We’re thrilled to have been recognised last night at the UDIA National awards for our South Australia’s Virtual Power Plant project, winning the Social and Community Infrastructure Award category.   The project, a collaboration between the Housing Trust, Tesla and the Department for Energy and Mining, South Australia, aims to provide more affordable, reliable, and secure electricity for all South Australians.   It has led to over 6500 eligible Housing Trust properties being connected to a power generating network comprised of solar panels and Tesla Powerwall home battery systems and the network is growing more every day. The SA VPP has already helped stabilise the power grid on numerous occasions including during major bushfire events.   For more information on the SA VPP you can visit: https://lnkd.in/gkW7Sipw UDIA SA

These new units will provide safe housing for at-risk women and their families. We were proud to partner with YWCA Australia to provide financial support for the project, which features 24 rental apartments for women in need of long-term affordable housing, many of whom will have been affected by family or domestic violence. These new homes have been completed in addition to other women’s housing projects under construction in the Adelaide CBD, including our Tucker Street accommodation for older women at risk of homelessness. Together, projects like these will have a huge positive impact for women in our community.

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Julie-Anne Burgess as our new SA Housing Trust Chief Executive. Welcome Julie-Anne!   Julie-Anne has broad experience in public sector governance and strategic service delivery. She is well known and highly respected across government and beyond. Highly skilled in negotiating complex policy reform, she has led policy and operational reforms and delivered better services for communities. Her career has taken her across Tasmania, New South Wales and brought her here to our beautiful South Australia.   Currently the Chief Executive of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, she brings to the Trust extensive leadership experience across the South Australian public sector, having also held executive roles in the Department for Trade and Investment, Department of Treasury and Finance, Courts Administration Authority, and SA Health. She begins her role with us on April 28. Again, welcome to the SA Housing Trust Julie-Anne! 

We’re building modern public housing all around Adelaide, including these new blocks of flats in the northern and western suburbs. Constructed by our partners at Buildtec Group, the combined sites will provide 20, two bedroom homes, that include accessible lower-level dwellings, off-street undercover parking, and air conditioning. Both sites are a part of our Public Housing Improvement Program (PHIP) and our ongoing effort to build better housing for South Australians.

We’re not just building homes; we’re building communities!   This beautiful neighbourhood under construction in Adelaide’s north features both public housing for rent as well as homes for purchase through our Affordable Housing Initiative. The homes are being built by our partners at Fairmont Homes Group and Mayton Built. The development is well located, with a school, large reserve and train station all nearby. The central communal space offers shared parking spaces and many trees that will grow to provide cooling shade. It’s no wonder these homes went quick!

On Sunday this weekend, the Housing Trust will be featured on Channel 9’s Building Ideas program where Mark Hayward, Executive Director of Property Services, will discuss how we’re delivering on the Government’s Housing Roadmap and tackling the housing crisis by adapting to the evolving housing needs of South Australians. 👉 Be sure to tune in to Channel 9 at 4:30pm this Sunday the 23rd to learn more!

A big welcome to the newest members of the Housing Trust Graduate Program; Shaun, Ronak, Sam, and Saloni!   The 2025 Graduate Program will offer the group a 24-month employment opportunity where they’ll be able to practically apply skills and knowledge they’ve learned to a range of meaningful projects. The program provides structured opportunities for development as a cohort, including networking, regional visits, and formal learning programs.    It was great to bring the new grads together at a recent morning tea where they were able to hear from former graduate program participants about how their experience helped kickstart their careers at the Trust.

🏘 437 new public homes are nearing completion, with works now underway on our final PHIP 437 site. Over the past two years, the Public Housing Improvement Program (PHIP) has steadily delivered new rental homes across our state, thanks to a $200 million investment in public housing. 158 homes have been completed so far, and with works now commenced at the final site it means all remaining PHIP 437 properties are under construction. Thanks to our many building partners for helping us reach this major milestone! ℹ️ In addition to 437 new homes, the Public Housing Improvement Program also includes major works on 350 vacant homes and improvements to 3000 tenanted homes. PHIP is just one of several of our programs and initiatives to deliver more housing for South Australia.

🚧 We’re working on hundreds of housing projects at any given time. Just in the suburb of Edwardstown alone we've got multiple construction sites where we’re building affordable housing for purchase, public housing for rent, Aboriginal housing, and undertaking major maintenance on vacant properties. For every project we post about, there are often many more like it going on right around the state. It's all part of our commitment to build more housing for South Australians.

We’re excited to announce the completion and delivery of 29 new homes at Harbrow Grove, one of the latest projects from our Affordable Housing Initiative. The development offers a selection of modern, 2-3 bedroom homes, conveniently located near public transport, schools, shopping centres and Flinders University. The homes were built by Bradford Projects by Scott Salisbury Group, and have all been sold to HomeSeeker SA eligible buyers at fixed prices between $485,000 and $585,000 – significantly below the current median property price for Seacombe Gardens of $770,000. Projects like these not only help South Australians achieve homeownership, they also relieve pressure on the rental market and low-income housing for those most in need. For those interested in future affordable housing projects, we encourage you to stay informed through HomeSeeker SA.