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Councillor Greg Hayman, portfolio holder for housing and benefits at North Norfolk District Council.
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A group set up to provide affordable housing for key workers and locals in Wells-next-the-Sea will be able to buy four new homes instead of two thanks to a council loan of almost £200,000.
North Norfolk District Council (NNDC) is lending Homes for Wells £192,675 for the project to purchase and refurbish the one and two-bedroom homes in Northfield Waye.
David Fennell, Homes for Wells chairman, said he was very grateful for the loan.
David Fennell, chairman of Homes for Wells.
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He said: They will be ideal for key workers, who will occupy them throughout the year, keeping Wells functioning in the high season and alive in the low season.
Armed police have detained a man in his 50s under the Mental Health Act after 18 hours of negotiations.
Police attended a home in Northfield Waye, Wells.
Holkham Charitable Foundation makes significant donation to Homes for Wells
| Updated: 12:36, 13 January 2021
The Holkham Charitable Foundation is making a significant donation of £30,000 to Homes for Wells.
This will fund the refurbishment of four properties at Northfield Waye, Wells-next-the-Sea, the Earl and Countess of Leicester have recently confirmed
The flats will house local keyworkers and people with a proven connection to the town, many of whom are frontline workers such as the local Lifeboat crew, fire service and healthcare workers.
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Homes for Wells, a local community-led affordable housing trust, was given the opportunity to purchase up to nine former social housing flats.