Living in a multigenerational family? Wanting to age in your community? Looking to live in a sustainable home?
Check out the Demonstration housing video.
The Demonstration Housing Project aims to test innovative forms of housing to address the emerging needs of Canberrans. Working with the Demonstration Housing proponents, the project will deliver a handful of built homes that showcase different housing types such as co-housing and ageing in place homes to make for a more sustainable and inclusive future for Canberra.
The first of our Demonstration Housing Projects now has an approved Development Application (DA). To hear more about Stellulata from the project architect, check out the design phase video.
The Demonstration Housing Project aims to test and showcase how we can deliver a compact and active city through innovative planning, design and delivery.
The Demonstration Housing Project is being run in two streams, projects 'with a site' and projects 'without a site'.
Frequently asked questions.
The Demonstration Housing 'with a site' stream is for proponents who own a site and have a demonstration housing concept they want to deliver.
The Demonstration Housing 'without a site' stream is for proponents who do not have a site however have a demonstration housing concept they want to deliver.
What's new
We are excited that Stellulata has appointed a builder to construct their small-scale medium density co-housing development in Ainslie.
The final Demonstration Housing 'with a site' proposals, ECHO housing, Verdant developments, In Loco O'Connor and In Loco Forrest, have now completed the pre-Territory Plan Variation and Development Application community engagement.
The first of the Demonstration Housing Projects, Stellulata, has an approved DA. Construction of the proposal is anticipated to commence in the 2022-23 financial year.
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