Smart Housing Demonstration Project

Landcom, Cosmopolitan and Blacktown City Council have delivered an innovative residential development at Forest Glade in Parklea, that provides a model for market based affordable housing.

Twenty per cent of the house and land packages were sold to moderate income households for between $156,000 and $230,000 in 2002.

The project achieved the following objectives:

  • Demonstrated market-based affordable housing
  • Model can be used by project home developers
  • Achievement of affordability and sustainability goals
  • All dwellings produced below benchmark cost
  • Click here to download a case study: "Forest Glade: a market based solution for affordable housing."