Sheffield City Council has approved a new business plan to build or acquire 3,100 new council homes by 2028, costing around \u00a3500 million in the next 5 years.<\/p>\n
The council have already built 631 homes, most notably 4 modular homes that were created using modern methods of construction. The new homes on Knutton Crescent, Parson Cross, were part of a small-scale trial. They were engineered in a factory in Yorkshire using a light gauge steel frame, before being lifted into place on site.<\/p>\n
Councillor Paul Wood, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods and Community Safety at Sheffield City Council, said: \u201cAs a small-scale trial, we\u2019ll be learning from this project, assessing what these homes are like to manage and maintain and how we would do things differently if there are further phases.<\/p>\n
“We look forward to asking people what they think of how these new homes look and, importantly, what it feels like for the families living in these homes.\u201d<\/p>\n
As well as the construction of new builds, the council have plans to make improvements on existing properties and communities based on feedback received from around 700 existing tenants and residents.<\/p>\n
The business model being developed by the council includes plans to improve local environments with more maintenance and cleaning, to improve security and to put a new emphasis on correcting maintenance issues and completing repairs faster. The council also plans to improve the thermal comfort of homes while reducing the carbon footprint of new builds.<\/p>\n
As a part of the pledge to spend \u00a3500 million in the next 5 years, thousands of tenants in the city will get new roofs and kitchens. The new developments are also expected to create hundreds of new jobs in the city.<\/p>\n
The council have also been given an extra \u00a32 million in order to address the backlog of repairs that have stacked up as a result of the pandemic.<\/p>\n
These planned developments come against the backdrop of a new increase in rent for council homes. From 1 April there will be a 1.5% increase in the rent for council homes, garage plots and garage sites. Moreover, the community heating standing charge is set to increase by 60p per week.<\/p>\n
Cllr Wood said: \u201cWe welcome the White Paper that sets out the standards that all tenants living in social housing should expect.<\/p>\n
“We have a track record of engaging with tenants to make sure that they live in safe, well maintained homes with good services and we will absolutely continue to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sheffield City Council has approved a new business plan to build or acquire 3,100 new council homes by 2028, costing around \u00a3500 million in the next 5 years. The council have already built 631 homes, most notably 4 modular homes that were created using modern methods of construction. The new homes on Knutton Crescent, Parson […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":29511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[70,71],"class_list":["post-29498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-housing","tag-sheffield-council"],"yoast_head":"\n