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Mersey Regeneration completes handover of social housing development to Onward Homes

Liverpool-based housing development company, Mersey Regeneration, has completed the handover of their new family homes development in Kirkdale to Onward Homes.

The scheme contains seven three-bedroom family homes which have been financed by Homes England.

The first tenants of the new homes are due to move in next month.

The development company marked the handover with a ceremony joined by the Lord Mayor, Cllr Mary Rasmussen, Liverpool cabinet member for Development and Economy, Cllr Sarah Doyle, and cabinet member for Health and Social Care, Cllr Frazer Lake.

Mersey Regeneration is an emerging Liverpool-based house builder who have delivered a series of small housing schemes in North Liverpool. The company has a number of further housing schemes in the pipeline which are due to start later this year and will soon be expanding its operations to Wirral and Halton.

Mersey Regeneration co-founder and managing director, Gerard Heffey, said:

“We are delighted to be able to hand over our new social housing development to Onward Homes. We are committed to providing decent, quality properties and I know that these houses are going to serve the community as fantastic family homes. We are extremely proud of this development and are grateful to the support we have received from Homes England. We are pleased that a number of senior city councillors were able to join us for the hand over.

“We have a number of projects in the pipeline and we’re now looking forward to getting started on those. Our ethos is to work with local trades and suppliers, on this development we have reached 83% local spend which is money that will go back into the community. Another key decision is using Local Authority Building Control so LCC have been able to monitor and inspect the quality of work throughout the entire development”

Lord Mayor, Cllr Mary Rasmussen, said:

“This is a wonderful social housing development which will make fabulous new homes for local families.”

Lin Powell, Head of Growth and Development at Onward Homes, said:

“Onward strives to make a positive difference in the communities we serve and we are proud to work in partnership with small development companies like Mersey Regeneration. We’re committed to developing good quality affordable homes and the Fountains Close Scheme in Kirkdale is testament to this.”

Mike Burns, Portfolio Manager at Homes England said:

“The Government’s Home Building Fund is vital for developers like Mersey Regeneration as it provides a route to finance which may otherwise be unavailable through traditional lenders. “The fund allows us to deliver on our objective of supporting house builders of all shapes and sizes to build more affordable housing across the country and provide communities like Kirkdale with the quality homes they need.”

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