Former pub site offered to developer at discount in deal for 40 low-cost homes
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester council will sell land in Wythenshawe at a discount as part of a deal set to deliver new environmentally-friendly social housing on the site.
Wythenshawe Community Housing Group has been offered the unused site once home to a pub off Greenwood Road and Gladeside Road for £310,000.
This is almost 30 pc less than the land is worth, according to a council report. But in return, the housing association will be expected to build 40 new low-cost, low-carbon homes fitted with solar panels and air source heat pumps.
It comes as the council refreshes its housing strategy for the next 10 years. Under the new plan, the council commits to selling land on the cheap to help housing associations build more affordable and social homes across the city. READ MORE: The Greater Manchester emergency numbers to call as councils prepare for 'extreme heat' The council also plans to build at least 2,000 affordable homes itself over the next decade, many of which would be rented at the local housing benefit level.
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