Amid a severe housing crisis, the National Housing Federation reported that while over 1.2 million households awaited social housing, fewer than 240,000 new lettings were available in 2022/23. At the current rate of lettings, and if no new households joined the list, this means that it could take another 6 and a half years before… Read the full article →
[ssba]Social housing provider Keelman Homes is building quality affordable homes in Low Fell, Gateshead, in partnership with Gateshead Council, Beacon Living and Kier Living. The development on the Lyndhurst site has been funded by a £210k grant from Homes England. The six new two bedroomed homes, named The Hazel, will be located within the new… Read the full article →
[ssba]A programme to bring 40 empty homes back into use has been so successful that a bid to bring back a further 40 has been given the green light. In April 2015 local housing association Keelman Homes successfully applied to the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) for the Empty Homes Grant 2015-18, for funding to… Read the full article →
[ssba]A new £1.725m housing development in the Dunston and Teams area of Gateshead by housing association Keelman Homes Limited is now complete. The development consists of 17 quality, modern, three-bedroom family homes with gardens built in partnership with Gateshead Council and The Homes and Communities Agency. Amanda Gallagher, Development and Investment Manager for Keelman Homes,… Read the full article →
[ssba]Social housing provider Keelman Homes has purchased its first non-ex-local-authority property through its 2015-2018 Empty Homes Programme. The one-bedroom new-build property is situated on Whitewell Road on the former Bleach Green Estate in Blaydon. 31 Whitewell Road is now ready to let and will be advertised in late January. The property has an allocated parking… Read the full article →
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