Affordable Housing
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OX Place submits planning application for 32 affordable homes at Meadow Lane in Iffley
The homes, in a mix of houses and maisonettes, will be 100% affordable, with 19 council homes let at social rent and 13 homes sold for shared ownership.
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GreenSquareAccord to provide 25 new affordable homes in Littlemore
The new homes will be a combination of one-, two- and three-bed flats set in adjacent three-storey apartment blocks, providing 14 social rent homes and a further 11 homes under a shared ownership scheme.
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Phase one of Newman Place in Oxford with 102 new homes completed
The development in Littlemore Park, just three miles south of Oxford city centre, will bring a total of 273 new affordable homes to the area, with 162 for shared ownership and 111 for social rent, with priority purchase options given to NHS key workers.
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Vale District Council takes action to help deliver affordable housing
A new housing delivery strategy and action plan to help bring more genuinely affordable housing to the Vale of White Horse has been approved by its Cabinet Members.
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Council considers discounted housing for key workers in bid to solve staffing crisis in care
Oxfordshire Council County is considering offering discounted key worker housing as an incentive to solve the staffing crisis in Oxfordshire’s social care sector.
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Thrive Homes acquires over 500 homes in Eastern England from L&Q
Following a period of stock rationalisation by L&Q, Thrive Homes was identified as the best suited buyer for the housing portfolio in Cherwell, Chiltern, East Hertfordshire, South Northamptonshire, Hitchin, and Wycombe.
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New Community Share Offer to build affordable homes in Oxford goes live
The initiative is being led by Oxfordshire Community Land Trust (OCLT), who are building eight apartments at Crofts Court.
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Green light for the first 317 new homes at Oxford North’s Canalside
This comes as the reserved matters application (RMA) for the project’s residential development partner, The Hill Group, has been resolved to be approved by Oxford City Council’s planning committee.
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OX Place delivers 26 new affordable homes in Cutteslowe
Located off Harefields, Cannon Court is a single L-shaped three-storey building with 11 council homes at social rent, three homes at affordable rent and 12 homes for shared ownership.
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Cherwell council housing lead insists homeless not being forced to leave the area
The council issued an apology for the wording of a monthly performance report that detailed how the housing team “has been looking at areas outside Cherwell” for homeless households.
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Oxford City Council to deliver over 2,000 affordable homes in five years
Last year, the Council delivered 241 new affordable homes, with nearly two-thirds let at genuinely affordable social rent, which is around 40% of the equivalent private rent in Oxford.
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200 new homes for Carterton in £33.5m contract
The development on Milestone Road will see a mix of 2, 3 and 4-bedroom houses and apartments in the shared ownership, rent to buy, affordable rent and social rent space constructed over 4 and a half years.
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Plan for new 2,200 home garden village and science park moves closer to completion
The Planning Inspector’s response on the plan for Salt Cross Garden Village paves the way for the it to be approved and sets the scene for the development to progress.
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Redevelopment of East Oxford Community Centre ready to begin
The redevelopment will see the East Oxford Community Centre and other ageing buildings on the site replaced by a purpose-built centre
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City Council cabinet approves next steps in plans to develop South Oxford Science Village
Plans for a major development, including around 3,000 new homes to the south of the city, took another step forward after their approval by Oxford City Council.
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Redevelopment of East Oxford Community Centre set for approval
The council’s scrutiny committee will be reviewing the request to make sure the council has a strong plan to deliver benefit to the community for the investment.