Multi-Million Pound Housing Boost

Local News

Work has started on a pioneering scheme to transform housing for older people with care needs in Leeds.

Bulldozers have moved in to clear land on Amblers Orchard, West Ardsley – the site of the former West Ardsley Day Centre – in the first phase of Leeds City Council’s ambitious extra care housing programme which will see seven state of the art buildings constructed, providing over 400 more places. The programme is being delivered by a combination of the Council providing land for specialist developers to build on 4 sites and directly funding 3 Council buildings. The Council is dedicating £30m to the programme.

Extra care housing is primarily for people who have care and support needs who are unable to cope in their own home and may previously have had to enter residential care. Each tenant has their own flat, helping preserve independence, but extra-care helps to alleviate social isolation through access to shared facilities, dining and activities and also provides on-site access and 24/7 emergency help – an additional feature that differentiates it from other forms of retirement living.

The Amblers Brow site – due for completion in July 2021 – will comprise of 63 extra care housing apartments with communal facilities open to the public. In addition, 100% of the new development at Amblers Brow will be affordable homes for rent. The project is being delivered as a partnership between Leeds City Council, developer Morgan Ashley and Home Group, one of the UK’s leading providers of housing, health and social care.

Leeds City Council’s executive member for communities Councillor Debra Coupar said:

“Extra care housing is proving to be an extremely popular option as it offers tailored accommodation and individual support to older people. There’s a critical shortage of extra care housing and this new Council programme will not only go a substantial way towards the city meeting the target of 1,000 extra care homes across the city by 2028 but act as a catalyst to promote wider development by other providers.”

You May Also Like

LGBT+ Community In West Yorkshire Urged Not To Rule Themselves Out Of Adoption
Approved £21.5million Corn Exchange Improvements

Author

Must Read

No results found.

Menu