New housing scheme unveiled
YORKSHIRE housing has announced plans to create a £6m housing development scheme in West Yorkshire.
Sherwood Court in Kettlethorpe – which will be officially launched at an event today – will comprise of homes for rent, sale and shared ownership.
The project, developed by Yorkshire Housing and managed by Yorkshire Metropolitan Housing and Wakefield Council, is being part-funded by £1.8m of Housing Corporation money and £2.1m from the Department of Health.
Based on Tavistock Way, Vaughan Way and Flintoff Close, the development comprises an extra-care scheme for the over-50’s alongside 55 houses for sale and rent.
These include ten Lifetime Home bungalows, two wheelchair bungalows, eight two-bedroom flats and a number of two, three and four-bedroom family houses.
The Lifetime Homes and another 21 houses and flats are available for shared ownership, while the remaining houses are all on offer for rent.
Chris Lord, area manager for YMH said: “Through the extra care scheme at Sherwood Court, we aim to help older people to live independently with dignity, by providing on-site care and offering comfortable and affordable accommodation. Schemes such as this are able to offer the care and support that is available to customers in residential homes, but with the independence, privacy and security traditionally associated with having your own home.”
John Carleton, field director for Housing Corporation (North) said: “These properties are a wonderful example of how Housing Corporation funding is being used in partnership with housing associations to deliver housing for older people. These homes will make a big difference to the lives of the older people, enabling them to continue to live independently, with some wheelchair accessible apartments and large balconies to enable residents to sit outside. We are also encouraged by the commitment to the green agenda by the inclusion of the rainwater recycling system”.
As part of the development’s infrastructure the scheme has been engineered to resist flooding, with underground rainwater tanks having the capacity to cope with the most extreme weather events without impacting on the rest of the community. In addition the extra-care facility has been equipped with energy saving features such as solar power and under floor heating.
