£4m affordable homes boostto help families and elderly

Jeni Harvey

ALMOST 4m is set to be spent on building 65 new “affordable” homes in Sheffield, which will be let out to families and pensioners by three housing associations in the city.

Funding of 3.9m for the project has been allocated to Arches, Sanctuary and South Yorkshire Housing Association by the Home and Communities Agency (HCA).

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Sheffield Council’s cabinet member for housing, Coun Penny Baker, said: “This is great news for the people of Sheffield. This funding is for a total of 65 new affordable family homes and high quality apartments for older people.

“I would personally like to say a huge thank you to Arches, Sanctuary and South Yorkshire Housing Associations for working with us tirelessly and very swiftly to bring this funding into Sheffield.

“We have also taken steps to ensure the rent and the quality of housing will be the same as council-owned housing.

People are also expected to start moving next month into the first council homes to be built in 20 years in Shirecliffe, so this really is a time to celebrate a bright future of high quality affordable housing.”

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Arches Housing will be building 19 houses, the South Yorkshire Housing Association will be building 22 and Sanctuary Housing will be building 24 apartments for the elderly.

John Spon-Smith, new business director of South Yorkshire Housing Association, said: “Demand continues to increase, particularly for family homes, and this further demonstrates how we can work in partnership with the council to help meet this vital need.”

Janet Brind, chairman of Sanctuary Housing’s Shiregreen Community Homes Board, said: “We are delighted to be a part of this next phase in Shiregreen’s regeneration and will be working with Sanctuary Housing to deliver 24 new apartments on the site of the former Sicey Hotel.”