affordable housing
Preferred Options for new Local Plan protects villages and provides affordable housing
Leading South Cambridgeshire Lib Dem Councillors have welcomed the publication of the preferred options for the new Greater Cambridge Local Plan which will make South Cambridgeshire greener and fairer.
New Affordable Homes By Accent Housing in Fulbourn
Accent Housing has laid the first bricks in a new development of affordable new homes in Fulbourn, South Cambridgeshire. Working closely with development partner Hill, one of the country’s top housebuilders and South Cambridgeshire District Council, the 14 new homes will provide much needed affordable housing for local people in housing
Waterbeach New Town gets go ahead for 6500 homes
The plans to build to build a new town north of Waterbeach in South Cambridgeshire took a step further yesterday when the Council’s Planning Committee gave consent for Urban & Civic’s outline plans to develop the former barracks site for up to 6,500 homes, together with road, cycle and public transport upgrades, community facilities, schools, parks […]
The Tory Deal That Signals Disaster For Rural Communities near Northstowe
“Multi-million pound deal struck to provide community facilities at Northstowe” This is the spin that South Cambridgeshire District Council put on the recent agreement to let developers off with a bonus of £30 million! According to the press release, a report presented to the Northstowe Joint Development Control Committee today (Wednesday 29 January) outlines […]
Bedroom tax forcing social housing tenants into rent arrears, debt and potential eviction
The much talked about and hated bedroom tax has hit the headlines yet again. This time, the claim is that the bedroom tax has resulted in more than 50,000 people falling behind with their rent, leaving them facing eviction from their homes. This figure was revealed by the campaign group False Economy, after it […]