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Tenants move in as council continues with £110m housing development plan

Jake Clothier by Jake Clothier
Monday, March 13, 2023 2:50 pm
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Tenants have recently moved in to seven homes in Southcote, Whitley and Church wards, with a further site in Caversham also close to finishing. Picture: Courtesy of Reading Borough Council

Tenants have recently moved in to seven homes in Southcote, Whitley and Church wards, with a further site in Caversham also close to finishing. Picture: Courtesy of Reading Borough Council

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READING Borough Council has seen a number of new tenants move into affordable housing as it continues with its home-building strategy.

As the council presses on with the delivery of 400 new homes, tenants are already moving in to some of the domiciles provided by the scheme so far.

Seven affordable homes in Southcote, Whitley, and Church wards have seen new residents move in, with a further site in Caversham approaching completion.

The homes form part of the council’s plans to build on disused land and derelict areas, with “infill” sites seeing imaginative use of small pockets of land, including an old scout hut, to provide housing.

The plans will see more than £110 million of investment aimed at reducing the housing waiting list and provide accommodation for key workers.

More than 100 of the 400 planned are due to be completed and matched with tenants by the end of 2023.

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They also include a further 62 homes which were approved to be built on the former cite of Central Pool in Battle Street.

Homes vary from 2-bed houses, 4-bed properties with garden space, and accessible bungalows.

All new homes are being built to Passivhaus principles to reduce carbon footprint and keep bills down, including triple glazing, air source heat pumps, and solar panels.

Reading Borough Council’s lead member for housing Ellie Emberson said: “I’m really proud of our Housing team for their diligence in finding pockets of disused land and turning them into homes of such high quality that mean everything to those who move in.

“We have ambitious plans to build more council homes on our bigger remaining sites, but each pocket of land that we can turn from a negative to a positive improves the look of its local area and means so much to yet another Reading household”.

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