£12m programme to deliver 70 independent living homes

Northfield Road

Some 70 specialist homes over four sites across Manchester will be created to help support people with learning disabilities live more independently.

More than £3m in grant funding has been provided by Homes England under its Shared Ownership and Affordable Housing Programme, along with investment through three partner housing providers.

They are Great Places, Mosscare St Vincent’s and Wythenshawe Community Housing Group – which will deliver the £12m development programme, including £3m capital investment by Manchester City Council. The registered providers will also manage the four schemes.

The project will provide 70 one-bed, self-contained apartments along with communal areas, sensory rooms, sensory gardens and a seven day-a-week on-site support team, and will be available to Manchester residents who have assessed support needs.

The high-quality developments will be wheelchair accessible and the accommodation will be easily adapted to meet a wide range of needs that may change over time.

Two of the sites (Northfield Road and Scout Drive) will provide replacement accommodation for a number of existing Council-owned learning disability properties, allowing people to move from their current shared housing – which doesn’t always meet their needs – to the new independent living homes, with 24-hour support.

The first apartments will be available by summer 2019.

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