Salford council commits to biggest public housing programme since the 1960s
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the citySalford council will build 417 affordable, 'good quality' and eco-friendly homes in the biggest public housing programme the city has seen since the 1960s.Former school sites will be turned into community-led housing run by tenants, while the other schemes will belong to wholly council-owned company Dérive.All the new homes, a mix of one to five-bedroom houses and apartments, will be low carbon, low energy units which will be built with a 'fabric first' approach.The local authority will have to borrow up to £65m to finance the project – but it hopes that the housing programme will save the council cash in the future.It comes as around 6,000 households.
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