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By Tom Lowe2020-12-15T05:00:00+00:00
Council’s housing arm Populo Living to build hundreds of affordable rooftop homes
Newham council has approved a modular homes programme which could see hundreds of affordable homes built on top of existing council blocks.
The council’s wholly owned housing firm Populo Living has been given the green light for the first phase of the programme, which could provide more than 200 rooftop homes across the east London borough from 2021/22.
At least another 300 modular homes could be built using this method in later phases, the council has estimated.
Populo Living, which has committed to ensuring that half of its homes are built for social rent, said the approach could reduce the cost of building social housing by up to 25%.
Building on top of existing properties is considered a cheaper alternative to traditional schemes because there are no land purchase costs.
The homes are due to be built to zero carbon standards, meaning they should be cheaper to run.
The project could include improvement works to the existing blocks to reduce their carbon footprint.
Populo Living estimates the approach could reduce the cost of building social homes by up to 25 per cent.
In her election manifesto, the mayor committed to building at least 1,000 social rent homes in her first term.
Ms Fiaz said: I’m proud the council is embracing innovative technologies to deliver high quality, new, affordable homes quickly.