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Government’s Community Housing Fund helps meet local housing need
With support from the fund, Haddenham Community Land Trust is building 19 affordable homes to meet the needs of people in Cambridgeshire
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17 March 2021 Mark Hugo and Rachel Watts of the Haddenham Community Land Trust and Paul Elliot, Site Manager for Palace Green Homes handed over the keys to Max and Chloe, the first residents at Ovins Rise.
Situated to the north east of Cambridge, Ely and its surrounding villages are areas of high housing demand. This has made it difficult for some local people to find good sized affordable housing.
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1:09 PM March 3, 2021
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2:01 PM March 3, 2021
Three more tenants have arrived at new bungalows as part of the Haddenham Community Land Trust scheme.
- Credit: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority
More tenants have been handed the keys to three more properties as part of a village Community Land Trust enterprise.
Five one-bedroom bungalows have now been occupied in Ovins Rise, Haddenham, part of the Haddenham Community Land Trust (HCLT) which gained planning permission in 2018 for 19 affordable homes in the village.
Mayor James Palmer said: “We’re pushing forward with support and funding for community-led housing, putting power in the hands of more people and communities to design, build and manage their own housing.