Member Article

£5 million housing redevelopment undertaken in Hull

Hull City Council has redeveloped a former care home into 18 affordable flats after successfully applying for £5 million funding.

The Council successfully bid to the Homes and Communities Agency for empty homes funding in the region of £5 million, which has allowed for a scheme to progress and work on a number of empty commercial properties to be developed.

This is the first of a number of empty properties to be transformed into homes.

Salinger House, in Bransholme, Hull was a former adult services learning disability care home and became redundant in 2012.

The Council has worked in partnership with NPS Humber and KWL to develop the former care home into 18 flats.

Councillor John Black, Portfolio Holder for Council Infrastructure, said: “This is an exciting regeneration scheme; it is the first commercial property to be transformed to provide vital one and two bedroomed homes for rent.

“It is great a great example of partnership working for the benefit of the residents and local community.

“This continues to highlight the Council’s commitment to revitalising empty and vacant properties, back to life, that will in turn make a difference to people who need this type of accommodation.” Helen Williams, area manager at the Homes and Communities Agency, said: “These 18 new flats show how our £5m investment is being used by the council to bring unused properties back into use for local people.”

NPS spokesperson, said: “NPS are pleased to have been the Design team for the refurbishment and remodelling of Salinger House. The partnership has ensured that the project meets the need for low cost, energy efficient accommodation in a previously empty building.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Clare Burnett .