Ribbon cut at £4.5m Leeds development

A £4.5m affordable housing scheme in Leeds has officially opened.

Leeds Central MP Hilary Benn cut the ribbon on the development at Brown Lane East in Holbeck, which includes 18 two-bedroom flats and 24 three and four-bedroom houses for affordable rent and shared ownership.  

All 42 properties have now been let or sold.
 
The project has been delivered by Unity Homes and Enterprise in partnership with Leeds City Council, the Homes and Communities Agency and Keepmoat.  
 
Mr Benn said: “I am delighted to have been asked to open this development.
 
“It is providing much-needed new affordable homes and contributing to the regeneration of Holbeck.”
 
Ali Akbor, chief executive of Unity Homes and Enterprise, said: “We are thrilled to mark the completion of the Brown Lane East scheme which is the first social housing development in Holbeck for many years.  
 
“Creating sustainable neighbourhoods is at the heart of everything we do at Unity.  10 work opportunities for local people, including apprenticeships, were created during the construction phase of this project, with a number of those individuals still in employment.”