Inside Newtown’s new $50m housing development

Key points

• The first residents have begun moving into Newtown's $49.6m social housing development on Marshall Road. The project has raised the number of apartments on the site from 22 to 77, including larger homes for families and places for people in crisis.
• The development includes 12 three-bedroom and 16 two-bedroom apartments. Landscaped communal areas include a children's play area, barbecue facilities and seating.
• Unison Community Housing built the development and will manage it, with funding from the Housing Australia Future Fund. It forms part of a $430m federal investment in more than 520 homes across Greater Geelong.