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Oct 2023
Council to bid for government funding to progress Harrogate social housing schemes
North Yorkshire Council is set to bid for government funding to progress five social housing schemes in the Harrogate district.
The authority is set to apply for a grant from Homes England to help fund the projects, which include new build houses and conversion of a former Robert Street homeless hostel.
In a report due before senior councillors on Tuesday, council officers said the move would help to meet “huge demand” for social rented housing in Harrogate.
Currently, the council has 2,196 households on its housing waiting list in Harrogate alone.
Vicky Young, the council’s housing policy and strategy officer, said in her report:
Among the projects in the councils bid include new build homes on Poplar Grove and Gascoigne Crescent in Harrogate, Springfield Drive in Boroughbridge and Kingsway in Huby.
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Each of the homes are estimated to cost £375,000 to construct.
Meanwhile, the council also estimates that a plan to convert Cavendish House on Harrogate’s Robert Street into six flats would cost £400,000.
The former homeless hostel will be converted into a shared ownership property.
Councillors approved the conversion of the hostel in September. At the time, the council said in a report that the property would help to deliver “much needed affordable housing”.
It said:
The bid to Homes England would help towards 30% of the total cost of the five schemes.
According to the report, the projects would cost £1.9 million to build.
Senior councillors will discuss the bid at a council executive meeting on October 17.
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