The council-owned land is set to be sold at a 30 pc discount
Manchester council will sell land in Wythenshawe at a discount as part of a deal set to deliver new environmentally-friendly social housing on the site. Wythenshawe Community Housing Group has been offered the unused site once home to a pub off Greenwood Road and Gladeside Road for £310,000.
It comes as the council refreshes its housing strategy for the next 10 years. Under the new plan, the council commits to selling land on the cheap to help housing associations build more affordable and social homes across the city.The council also plans to build at least 2,000 affordable homes itself over the next decade, many of which would be rented at the local housing benefit level.
Labour councillor Gavin White, who is the executive member for housing and development said these plans put the council's housing ambitions into action. He said: "The city’s population is expected to keep growing over the next decade which is why it is vital that we invest now in affordable homes.
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