More cash for affordable homes
Ashford Borough Council has been given a further £3.4m to build
much needed affordable homes for local people.
The council has successfully bid for the cash from the Local
Authority New Build programme managed by the government’s Homes and
Communities Agency.
The council was previously awarded £1.7m in September. This
latest injection means the council can now press ahead and build 80
homes beginning as early as March.
Homes are planned for small brownfield sites in Kennington and
Willesborough and villages including Biddenden and Great Chart.
Ashford is one of only a handful of councils in the south east
to begin building social housing after the introduction of new
rules which allow councils some financial freedom.
For more information visit the Ashford Borough Council
website.