Affordable homes boost for families
Recent funding allocation from the Government’s Affordable Homes Programme means the provider can develop a minimum of 800 homes over the next four years, subject to signing an investment contract with the Homes and Communities Agency.
It is hoped that the homes will be built across the Leeds City Region which includes Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, Craven, Harrogate, Kirklees, Leeds, Selby, Wakefield and York.
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Ged Walsh, Business and Development Director at Yorkshire Housing, said: “With the house building budget cut by 63 per cent and a desperate shortage of affordable homes this is welcome news for the Leeds city region.
“We have identified some sites for the new homes.”