Victoria Housing Projects | The Salvation Army Australia

Melbourne Projects

Project One

The Anchorage is a 44-bedroom long-term rooming house in Abbotsford, for single men. The Anchorage property has been owned by The Salvation Army for over 125 years and continues to support the local community in providing crisis and social housing.

Outcome: 44-bedroom long-term rooming house

Original building of The Anchorage

Current building of The Anchorage

Project Two

These properties, originally for single fathers plus children who are escaping family violence, are now utilised for general social housing tenants. It is made up of three x 3-bedroom townhouses.

Outcome: Three x 3-bedroom townhouses
Cost: $1.3 million
Date of completion: December 2024
Government involvement: Homes Victoria funding

Project Three

A 4 townhouse development in a collaborative project with TSA Youth Services, compromising of two x 2-bedroom and two x 3-bedroom townhouses. It will be multi-tenanted properties with a central hub.

Outcome: Two x 2-bedroom and two x 3-bedroom townhouses with a central hub
Cost: $2.3 million
Date of completion: June 2025
Government involvement: Homes Victoria funding

Project Four

This property, made up of one x 2-bedroom and one x 3-bedroom townhouse, will house young people from TSA Youth services. They will be multi-tenanted across the two houses. It was fully funded through an amazingly generous philanthropic donation.

Outcome: one x 2-bedroom and one x 3-bedroom townhouse
Cost: $1.4 million 
Date of completion: December 2024 
Funding: Philanthropic donation

Housing construction in progress Victoria

Project Five

This property is made up of 10 x 1-bedroom and 6 x 2-bedroom apartments constructed for long-term community housing, relocating some of our long-term tenants from a building that has closed.

Outcome: 10 x 1-bedroom and 6 x 2-bedroom apartments
Cost: $9.2 million
Date of completion: June 2025 
Government involvement: Homes Victoria funding

Long-term accommodation gives people certainty and security about their living situation.

They're not here for two months, three months, then thinking, "what's my next step?".

Colonel Kelvin Merrett

The Salvation Army

South West Projects

Project Six

This project, made up of three x 1-bedroom and three x 2-bedroom townhouses, is in Regional Victoria, for mature aged tenants 55 years and over. This site has recently been awarding a new funding grant which will see an additional three units be added to the site, thanks to Homes Victoria.