More than half of Liverpool City Region residents want building affordable housing to be a top priority for the first metro mayor, according to new research. A year ahead of the first election of a mayor for the whole of the city region, think tank Centre for Cities has carried out ... Read More...
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Around £5,000 worth of building materials has been donated to Liverpool charity Housing People Building Communities (HPBC) by the DIY retailer Wickes. The organisation is making use of many of the supplies at its 32-home Toxteth development off Kingsley Road and will sell larger items online to raise funds for further ... Read More...
Housing association tenants around Merseyside can now apply to buy their home after a government pilot scheme launched yesterday (25 January). Riverside is one of five housing associations across the country now piloting the new Voluntary Right to Buy initiative ahead of a national roll out later this year, and tenants ... Read More...
The government's 'starter homes' initiative could help to make more housing schemes viable for medium sized developers to deliver, according to one Merseyside-based firm. Forth Homes says it is confident the plans to build 200,000 new properties available at 20% discount to young first-time buyers will "offer some promising opportunities" for ... Read More...