Construction is now underway on a $22 million dollar affordable rental housing complex in Corrimal.
Once finished, the building will provide 34 quality new homes in the region by late 2021.
Housing Trust CEO, Michele Adair says the project will be a much-needed mix of 1 and 2-bedroom units and 4-bedroom townhouses.
"It's just a drop in the ocean for what we really need here in the Illawarra, which is anywhere in excess of 7, 500 homes just in the Wollongong Local Government Area."
"Across the Illawarra we're looking at a need of more like 12,000 additional affordable rental homes."