Seaton

The Seaton Demonstration Project forms part of the state government’s commitment building a better housing future for all South Australia and revitalising government landholdings in areas originally developed in the post-war period by SA Housing Trust.

The area contains a high proportion of SA Housing Trust-owned houses that are of older construction, expensive to maintain and do not meet today’s lifestyle and needs of the community.

It is proposed that the demonstration project which is bounded by Matthews Avenue in the north, Lark Avenue in the east, Glenburnie Street in the south and Frederick Road in the west, will deliver approximately 101 new dwellings, consisting of a mixture of affordable housing, land/ home packages and social housing. Included in the project will be a new landscaped reserve and a new road.

There will be a minimum of 40% affordable housing, which is more than double the amount required in new developments, additionally more than 15% of homes will be allocated to social housing.

Urban renewal has a significant impact on the community socially, economically and environmentally and this project will demonstrate how diverse housing design provides greater housing choices, improved housing infrastructure, integrated planned open spaces, revived streetscapes and overall improved neighbourhood amenity.