Sheffield receives £2 million from Labour Government to build council homes
Paul is delighted that Sheffield is to get newly built council homes. He has welcomed the announcement by Housing Minister John Healey of over £2 million to build new council houses in Sheffield.
Overall new funding of £122.6 million will be shared between 73 councils in England, including Sheffield. Councils will match the Government’s grant, bringing total public investment in the council house building programme to over £500m to build more than 4,000 new council homes for 8,000 people.
Sheffield will receive £2.1 million to build 27 new homes. The homes will be in built at Ellesmere and at a site at Chaucer. Nearly half of the new homes will be much-needed family homes with three and four bedrooms.
Paul Blomfield says:
“This is great news for Sheffield. We need a lot more affordable homes to rent so I’m delighted by the new investment in council house building. I hope these new homes are the first step towards many more council homes.”
“The new investment is also a real boost for Sheffield’s local economy because the Council will be required to offer new construction jobs and apprenticeships to local people. Not only will the investment lead to new homes being built, it’ll create new jobs and skills for the future.”
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