Parramatta. Affordable housing project

The Parramatta-based UWS Urban Research Centre (URC) and Parramatta City Council are partners identifying a model for affordable and sustainable community-0riented housing in the local government area. “Lord Mayor, Paul Barber, has acknowledged housing stress in the area and noted that this knock-on effect of ‘community stress’ where householders faced with financial stress participate less in their communities,” said URC director, Professor Phillip O’Neill. A parcel of land in Granville is being used as a case study.