Work begins on multimillion-dollar beachside development
Dozens of new apartments will be built near a beachside suburb golf course used for one of the state’s biggest sporting events.
Work is starting on a new affordable housing development at Seaton as part of a joint state and federal commitment to deliver more than 1200 social, affordable and public homes across South Australia.
Spanning five storeys, the $20 million complex, will be built by construction company BADGE on Frederick Road opposite the Grange Golf Club, which has hosted LIV Golf since 2023. The development is expected to be completed by the end of 2027.
Housing and Urban Development Minister Nick Champion, Federal Health Minister and local Hindmarsh MP Mark Butler and Maria Palumbo, who is CEO of social enterprise Junction Australia, spruiked the new build at a groundbreaking event for the project this morning.
Palumbo said that “every South Australian deserves a safe, affordable place to call home”.
“Increasing the supply of quality, well-located social and affordable housing is one of the most effective ways we can create that opportunity,” she said.
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“A home provides more than a roof over someone’s head. It creates the stability people need to focus on their health, employment, education and relationships, and to feel connected to their community.”
The 42 affordable rental apartments will include a mix of one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, with the ground and first floor dwellings suitable for people with disabilities.
Once built, Renewal SA will work alongside a yet-to-be-announced community housing provider to manage the building and lease homes to eligible tenants at 75 per cent of market rent.
Minister Champion claimed that more houses are being built in South Australia than at any other time in the state’s history.
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“Today, we are breaking ground on 42 affordable rental apartments next door to a public housing project that is almost finished, as part of a 1452-home transformation of this suburb,” he said.
Federal Boothby MP Louise Miller-Frost said that having worked in the housing and homeless sector, she knows housing “is one of society’s trickiest problems”.
“We’re making up for 40 years of underinvestment in social and affordable housing, and there’s a lot of work to do.”
SACOSS CEO Dr Catherine Earl welcomed the development, saying it was important the momentum continued.
“We welcome any improvements to, and increase in, public and community housing in South Australia, as we know the quality and security of a person’s housing is fundamental to their life chances, health and general wellbeing,” she said.
“It’s important as we approach the end of the government’s current housing roadmap that the momentum continues and the balance between public housing, community housing, and affordable housing is at an appropriate level.
“This will help ensure more people on low incomes or facing other barriers to ownership and private rentals are able to access safe and secure housing.”
It comes after Anglicare Australia’s 2026 Rental Affordability Snapshot in March this year showed that a single person on a minimum wage could only afford to rent five homes advertised on the South Australian housing market.
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