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Tarakan Street, Heidelberg West

Project update

Homes Victoria’s Tarakan Street, Heidelberg West housing redevelopment project is now complete, providing more Victorians with a safe and secure place to call home.

The housing redevelopment project has replaced 60 older style homes that were not fit for purpose with 130 new homes, including 67 social homes and 63 affordable homes. The redevelopment also includes new open green spaces, including a terrace garden, barbeque facilities and a children’s play space for residents to enjoy.

Located just 10km north-east of Melbourne's city centre, the Tarakan Street site is ideally positioned close to community services, local schools, educational institutions and shopping precincts.

Uniting is the community housing provider that will manage and maintain the social housing at the Tarakan Street site over a 30-year period.

The tenancy manager for the affordable homes is the Victorian Affordable Rentals consortium (VARc). VARc includes a range of specialised community housing and private sector tenancy and property managers who work together to maintain and manage the new affordable homes at Tarakan Street.

Find out more about Homes Victoria affordable housing here.

Tarakan Street, Heidelberg West – Affordable Townhouses
Tarakan Street, Heidelberg West – Affordable Townhouses
Tarakan Street, Heidelberg West
Tarakan Street, Heidelberg West
Tarakan Street, Heidelberg West – Aerial View – Open Green Areas and Children’s Play Space
Tarakan Street, Heidelberg West – Aerial View – Open Green Areas and Children’s Play Space
Tarakan Street, Heidelberg West – Aerial View – Terrace Garden
Tarakan Street, Heidelberg West – Aerial View – Terrace Garden
Tarakan Street, Heidelberg West – site view captured from the East
Tarakan Street, Heidelberg West – site view captured from the East
Tarakan Street, Heidelberg West – Communal Staircase and Open Area
Tarakan Street, Heidelberg West – Communal Staircase and Open Area
Tarakan Street, Heidelberg West – Inside an Affordable Apartment – Kitchen and Dining area
Tarakan Street, Heidelberg West – Inside an Affordable Apartment – Kitchen and Dining area
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About the Project

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The project is located on Homes Victoria land at Tarakan Street, Heidelberg West.

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The redevelopment has delivered 130 new homes including 67 social homes and 63 affordable homes, with a mix of 1, 2 and 3 bedrooms.

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The new homes are all electric, more comfortable and less expensive to heat and cool with a 5-star Green Star rating, and 7-star NatHERS average rating.

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The redevelopment includes new quality green spaces including a terrace garden, communal barbecue facilities and a children’s play space for residents to enjoy.

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There are better pedestrian connections through the site and to the surrounding neighbourhood and local community.

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New homes at Tarakan Street include housing that is designed to be accessible to people with a disability.

Project timeline

  • Construction of social and affordable housing commences

    2021

  • Construction of all homes complete

    December 2023

  • Residents move into new homes

    2024

FAQs

Social Housing and Community Housing FAQs (PDF, 159.39 KB)

Fact sheet

Tarakan Street, Heidelberg West Factsheet 2024 (PDF, 2.34 MB)

Contact us

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For general enquiries about the social homes at Tarakan Street please contact the team at Uniting on housingservices@vt.uniting.org or call 03 9192 8100

For enquiries about the affordable homes, please email affordable@homes.vic.gov.au.