East Suffolk Council is planning 50 new council homes per year
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Garage sites and new builds could be used as part of plans to create 50 new council homes each year in East Suffolk.
East Suffolk Council said it will assess existing land it owns, areas in need of regeneration like Kirkley Waterfront and buying existing homes, where it represents good value, as means of increasing the housing stock.
East Suffolk Council scrutiny committee chairman Stuart Bird said modular housing could help in the construction of new council homes
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The council s housing strategy 2020-24 - discussed at the authority s cabinet meeting this week - said planning permission was already secured for 60 homes, while the authority s scrutiny committee suggested modular or pre-fabricated homes could help deliver properties in a shorter timescale.