Homes Plus

Your Home, Your Way

Homes Plus Catalogue

What is Homes Plus?

Homes Plus is a new way of delivering housing options for Indigenous Communities in Australia. This program considers both the house itself but also the additional items you may wish to add to your house to make it your home. Items such as shading, screening and outdoor shelters for cooking or for your cars will help to make your new home more suitable for the way you live.

Working through this website (or the catalogue) you will see you can select a home and a number of add ons, depending on your needs and budget. The Add Ons will be delivered to site with your home and you will be joined by the Homes Plus team to build them yourself, or with a few friends, depending on how big the project is. For the first few Add Ons, the Homes Plus team will be there to help out but before long you and your friends will have all the skills you need to build the Add Ons yourselves.

Download Catalogue

Example Construction Manual

Bower Homes Plus at Belyuen 2013

Stage 1: 80% help from outside the community. Stage 2: 50% help from outside the community. Stage 3: 0% help from outside the community.

How can I get involved?

If you are eligible for a new home, contact your Aboriginal Corporation to see if they are involved in the project. In the mean time, you can view the Homes and Add Ons on the website (or in the catalogue) to see what Home and Add Ons will be best for you.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or need more information, please contact the Homes Plus team by email.

djobrien@unimelb.edu.au