The Council have admitted that only 53 new properties with “affordable rents” are likely to be constructed in the City during the next 3 years.
Of these, 35 are currently under construction
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They are located at
• YWCA site, currently under construction: 23
• Elvington rural exception site, currently under construction: 12
• White Swan, to be started 2013-4, 18.
These will be the first affordable rent homes constructed since 2010.
This compares to the (cheaper) “social housing” rent programme which has seen 297 properties completed since 2010.
This total includes the additional Council houses which were given the go ahead by the last LibDem Council administration.
NB. The Council have been criticised for not publishing its Annual Monitor Report. Some data on the Council web site is now nearly 2 years out of date. Particular interest focuses around the progress being made by the Council in providing “affordable” homes against its targets. The lack of progress is likely to be raised at the Council meeting which is taking place on 10th October