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Victoria Harbour Affordable Housing Proposal<br />

This project is an example <strong>of</strong> a commercial partnership implemented through a joint<br />

venture.<br />

The partners included:<br />

• Lend Lease Developments (Developer)<br />

• VicUrban (Landowner and Statutory Planning Authority)<br />

• National Australia Bank (Lender)<br />

• Office <strong>of</strong> Housing (Capital funding)<br />

• Melbourne Affordable Housing (MAH, a Housing Association now part <strong>of</strong><br />

Housing Choices Australia)<br />

This project evolved as part <strong>of</strong> Melbourne‘s Docklands <strong>development</strong>. Lend Lease<br />

recognized the importance <strong>of</strong> providing key worker <strong>housing</strong> in a high land value<br />

location to provide <strong>affordable</strong> <strong>housing</strong> for key workers and also social diversity in<br />

the Docklands Precinct.<br />

The project finally resulted in a 55 unit demonstration project <strong>of</strong> <strong>affordable</strong> <strong>housing</strong>,<br />

in the form <strong>of</strong> community <strong>housing</strong>, targeted at key workers. The building was a<br />

mixed use building. Key features <strong>of</strong> the project involved:<br />

• The Planning Authority approving a density bonus that contributed to<br />

reduced production costs <strong>of</strong> the <strong>affordable</strong> <strong>housing</strong><br />

• The developer agreeing to not impose a share <strong>of</strong> infrastructure costs on the<br />

<strong>affordable</strong> <strong>housing</strong><br />

• VicUrban waived the land value component <strong>of</strong> the projects costs to increased<br />

the project viability for MAH<br />

• Capital contribution to the project construction costs from the Office <strong>of</strong><br />

Housing and the Victorian Property Fund<br />

• Debt finance provided by the NAB to MAH serviced from the net income<br />

stream generated by the <strong>affordable</strong> <strong>housing</strong>. MAH also attracted NRAS<br />

subsidies to increase the cash flow and accelerate bank finance debt<br />

reduction for MAH<br />

• MAH (now HCA) manages the community <strong>housing</strong>.<br />

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