Date: 09/09/2008
High Peak Borough Council, Nottingham Community Housing Association (NCHA) and High Peak Community Housing celebrated the completion of 11 affordable homes in Hadfield and Gamesley, at the end of August 2008.
The Mayor of High Peak, Councillor Robin Baldry, cut the ribbon at the official opening in Hadfield.
Local councillors and staff from the partner organisations attended the opening day, on Friday, September 5, 2008, and toured the sites to view the finished homes.
The homes have been built by Nottingham Community Housing Association and will be managed by High Peak Community Housing. The land, originally owned by the Council has been transferred to Nottingham Community Housing Association, for free.
Development 1: The Housing Corporation awarded a grant of £235,000 to the development at Hurdlow Mews, in Gamesley, that consists of four three-bedroomed houses for rent.Development 2: Seven affordable properties in Etherow Way, Hadfield, made up of one wheelchair-adapted bungalow and six two-bedroomed houses. The Housing Corporation awarded a grant of £331,579 for the project.
The properties have been allocated to tenants through the choice based lettings system, Home Options, following a large amount of interest and a high number of bids. The residents will be moving into their homes within the next few weeks.
The Nottingham Community Housing Association's Chief Executive Mike Andrews praised the new partnership; "From the donation of the free of charge land, we have been able to build 11 new affordable homes for the High Peak area. NCHA are committed to providing good quality, affordable homes for people in need. We hope this is the first of many new developments in the High Peak."
Agnes Bradley, Chairperson of High Peak Community Housing, said: "We are delighted to be managing and allocating these new properties, on behalf of NCHA. Tenants of these properties will benefit from the same excellent locally based services as tenants of the council."
Andrew Bingham, Executive Councillor for Social and Community Development, said: "The adequate supply of affordable housing in High Peak is one of the Council's top priorities. In what are increasingly difficult times, the completion of these 11 new homes is a landmark partnership achievement."
For more information about affordable housing in High Peak, please visit: www.highpeak.gov.uk/housing/affordable.
Nottingham Community Housing Association, rated among the top 10 housing associations in the country, provides more than 7,000 homes for 10,000 tenants, in the East Midlands, and works with 26 local authorities. NCHA also supports 1,266 vulnerable people, through its extensive provision of housing with care and support services.
Photo, above right: From left, Executive Councillor for Social and Community Development Andrew Bingham, Mayor of High Peak Councillor Robin Baldry, Chief Executive of High Peak Community Housing Sharon McCambridge and Chief Executive of Nottingham Community Housing Association Mike Andrews.