Five new homes for people with disability are to be provided at Wyee by leading provider Aruma by mid-2024.
Together with a three-bedroom home recently completed at Mount Hutton, they will support up to 18 people with a disability in the area.
Aruma Chief Operating Officer Tiffany Roxburgh said the nation was experiencing an ongoing demand for affordable housing.
“The scarcity of appropriate social housing is only increasing and causing strain,”
Tiffany Roxburgh
“Currently, there are more than 270 people with a disability in the immediate area alone looking for a suitable property that meets their needs.
“We’re happy to be able to provide these purpose-built homes for people with a disability.”
In Wyee, Aruma is the landowner and developer and will be the service provider.
As part of Lake Macquarie Council’s initiative to support community housing, Stevens Group gifted the disability provider five lots of land.
The NSW Government’s Community Housing Innovation Fund (CHIF) is also helping bring the project to life through a $1.5M investment, and Kingston Building has been tasked with construction.
Two of the homes will be Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA), catering for those who have high support needs.
The remaining three homes will provide flexible and contemporary housing options.
“The design and functionality of the Wyee homes highlight the incredible effort from some of our customers and staff to develop comfortable and safe homes that meets the needs of people with a disability,” Roxburgh said.
The six homes will add to Aruma’s established footprint.
The organisation currently supports over 500 people with a disability in the Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and Central Coast areas across a range of services including Flexible Supports and Community Hubs, Short Term Accommodation (also known as respite), Support Coordination, Therapeutic Supports and Supported Independent Living and Specialist Disability Accommodation, some which have vacancies.
For more information and to register your interest in Aruma’s Wyee properties go to www.aruma.com.au/wyee
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Aruma