Delivering social housing is much more than putting a roof over someone’s head – it’s about delivering quality homes and communities, where people can thrive.
Good design can:
- enhance tenant well-being
- reduce long-term costs
- promote resident safety
- ensure new developments fit in with their neighbourhoods
- and build in flexibility so that our social housing can better meet changing tenant needs.
Who can use this guide
Good Design for Social Housing can be used throughout the development lifecycle by our:
- project teams
- delivery partners
- stakeholders.
What can using the guide achieve
The guide can help to achieve these design goals in Homes NSW projects:
- ensure tenant wellbeing
- contribute to a sense of belonging
- create better outcomes through collaboration
- deliver value for the people of NSW.
This guide aligns with NSW Government policy such as Better Placed in creating environments that support the physical, social, cultural, environmental, and economic wellbeing of the community.
Design Requirements
A companion document to this guide is Homes NSW's Design Requirements. This outlines design performance criteria for new development projects and provides important details for project teams.
