Extra care properties to be built through grant
Some £6 million has been awarded to a local authority hoping to provide extra care social homes.
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has announced that the Saxon Weald and Eastbourne Borough Council won the bidding, which will provide up to 62 older adults with self-contained social properties and may create social housing jobs.
Care and support staff will be on hand 24/7 to provide the residents with any aid necessary.
The entire development is forecast to cost around £9 million.
Kevin Bourner, the head of area at the HCA, said the scheme demonstrated Britain’’s commitment to providing affordable properties when the need arose.
Meanwhile, chief executive of Saxton Weald David Standfast heralded the news as the beginning of an era which would see "older people [living] locally with the care that they need, a restaurant and other residents” facilities – and the privacy of their own front door".
It was recently revealed that East Grinstead in Sussex was to benefit from a grant of £1.45 million from the HCA, designed to set up developments for social homes.
