Housing group lands £26.6m deal
emh group is to build around 900 new homes across the East Midlands over the next five years after being awarded £26.6 million in funding from the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme.
As the lead investment partner of the Quantum consortium, emh group’s successful bid will see the delivery of an additional 331 rent-to-buy homes and 529 for shared ownership, plus six properties for sale to people with long-term disabilities.
Group chief executive Chan Kataria said: “I am pleased with the level of funding allocated which will have a huge impact on our building output, helping us to meet the local need for housing and stimulate economic growth”.
Kataria said: “Retaining our A+ credit rating gets us off to a great start in 2017, and means we can continue to play our part in providing a range of low-cost options for rent and home ownership in our community”.
Executive director of finance Andrew Kilby added: “We are proud to have maintained our A+ credit rating despite the 1% per cent rent reduction and benefit cap. This demonstrates our strength as a business, which will allow us to focus on our ambition to deliver new homes”.
