HCA grant to deliver 600 Liverpool homes
MORE than 600 affordable homes are to be built across Liverpool over the next four years after a bid for £14m of funding was approved.
Four of the city’s housing associations have secured the cash from the Homes and Community Agency’s 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme. Riverside will build 186 units, Liverpool Housing Trust 51 homes, Liverpool Mutual Homes will build 313 units and Plus Dane 96 units.
The homes – comprising 566 properties rented and 80 for shared ownership – will be a mix of two, three and four bedroom houses and one and two bedroom apartments. Some will feature energy saving technologies to give tenants cheaper fuel bills.
Assistant Mayor and cabinet member for housing, Cllr Ann O’Byrne, said: “This is really great news for the city and is part of our commitment to improve the range and quality of properties on offer for residents. We are working closely with our housing associations to make sure the properties are built in the right places to meet the demand in the local area.
“It is another boost to the Mayor’s pledge to build 5,000 new homes and bring more than 1,000 back into use which we are already on track to exceed.
“We will also be making sure that as much of the construction work as possible benefits local firms and local people.”
The council said the Liverpool Mutual Homes development would contribute to the Building Our Future partnership, which will see Redrow and LMH building 1,500 new homes over the next five years. A further 1,000 will be brought back into use in a partnership between LMH and Willmott Dixon.
