The ACT Greens want to explore the possibility of a publicly owned retirement village as part of a broader plan to tackle the housing crisis.
The party's deputy leader Rebecca Vassarotti said a public retirement village may open the opportunity for older Canberrans to access more options due to the increasing costs of retirement living.
She said the party had been having discussions with a range of people about the idea of a public retirement village.
"This is a new idea, it does need to be tested, we do need to test what the feasibility is but as is the case in a whole range of other areas, we think that there is a real case for government intervention," Ms Vassarotti said.
"What we want to ensure is that everyone has the opportunity for that community, particularly those people who are vulnerable and may not be able to access those things."
The feasibility study is part of an $8 million plan for specialist homelessness services put forward by the ACT Greens in an election pitch.
Under the plan, the party wants housing to be established as a human right under law, saying this would mean the government has a legislated responsibility to end homelessness.
The party would also commit to the co-design of a youth homelessness strategy, the creation of a "homelessness services project fund" to identify new models of homelessness support and to support the work of Aboriginal community controlled housing organisations.
"Any political party who wants to critically tackle the issue of homelessness needs to come with a bold and transformative plan that not only deals with essential services but also around dealing with the issues around public housing," Ms Vassarotti said.
The party has previously announced a policy to spend $5.9 billion to build and buy 10,000 new public housing properties over the next decade. The ACT Greens wanted to establish a government-owned housing developer to achieve this.
The ACT Greens said the retirement village properties could be included as part of the 10,000 new public housing properties.
Ms Vassarotti said the party would want the feasibility study to occur as soon as possible after the election and experts would be consulted on the model.
"In terms of where we might locate these, how big it is, these are all really important elements of the proposal that we'd like to talk to experts about," she said.
