New homes to be built on council land as part of partnership with MHPP
More than 700 new homes will be built on land owned by Manchester City Council in the coming years, the local authority has announced.
The council has published a report detailing the next phase in its collaboration with the Manchester Housing Providers Partnership (MHPP), a group of registered housing providers in the area.
MHPP organisations delivered around 90% of affordable homes completed in the city over the past three years, and through partnership with it the council is able to invest unused, surplus parcels of land for affordable development.
The latest phase of the collaboration includes a range of site disposals, which could see 271 social rent and shared ownership homes delivered by Legal and General at Broadmoss, Charlestown, as well as a 133 social rent apartments at Viadux 2 in Deansgate, which would be developed by Salboy.
The council’s executive committee is set to examine the submission, as well as a report on future investment in Gorton Town Centre, where a further 400 homes could be built by Clarion.
Council leader Bev Craig, said: “We are delivering on our commitment made through our housing strategy to vastly increase the number of affordable homes – including significant numbers of social housing – being built in Manchester.
“We are seeing more affordable homes being built on Council land than at any point since 2015 and this has been made possible through the strong partnership we have with the city housing providers, who are helping us not only deliver affordable homes Manchester needs at pace – but we are exceeding our targets.
“Providing council-owned land to create opportunities for new home building is a proven approach and this next phase is a continuation of a strong track record of delivering homes for our residents.
“Through this latest programme of developments, including an ambitious pipeline of social rent homes in Gorton, we have unlocked more than 1,000 affordable homes this month alone.”
Key sites included in this phase of the MHPP partnership
- Broadmoss, Charlestown by Legal and General - 271 homes social rent and shared ownership
- Viadux 2, Deansgate by Salboy – A 133 social rent apartment tower
- Alexandra Road, Moss Side by Legal and General – 64 homes and apartments capped at the Manchester Living Rent
- Gransmoor Avenue, Openshaw by Southway and JMM - 51 social rent homes
- Former Levenshulme Baths by Legal and General - 34 apartments that will be capped at the Manchester Living Rent
- Project 500 phase 2 – the next 160 homes across 12 sites in north and east Manchester in partnership with a Great Places, MSV and Onward
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