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Building programme creates even more opportunities for home ownership and rent
community, offering one and two- bedroom homes, 46 for shared ownership and 30 for social rent and a GPs’ practice on the ground floor. Funding has been given to all of these projects by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, through the Brownfield Housing Fund (BHF), and Homes England from the Affordable Homes Programme. If you are interested in one of the homes for social rent at Francis Road or Two Didsbury Point we will be letting these through a Local Lettings Policy. We are particularly interested in hearing from you if you want to move to a smaller home in your area. Francis Road is due to be ready first, in autumn, so do make contact with your Housing Officer if you are interested. The shared ownership homes can be reserved later this year. To find out more and see how affordable a shared ownership home could be, visit www.geckohomes.co.uk. Representatives from Southway Housing Trust, Gecko, McGoffs, and Trafford Council at the Warwick Road South site.
old police station and new-build on the site of the former Masonic Lodge. The new homes are in the centre of desirable Sale, within walking distance of Stanley Square and the catchment area for local schools. Emerald Way, in the Chorlton area of Manchester will offer 29 one and two-bedroom apartments for shared ownership in a beautiful location overlooking Beech Road Park. In Trafford at Boundary View, which overlooks the Emirates Old Trafford cricket ground there is a mixed development, with 57 homes available for rent and 23 homes available for shared ownership. On Francis Road in Withington, there are 24 new one and two- bedroom apartments being built and all of them will be available for social rent. Two Didsbury Point is being built in a quiet part of West Didsbury in Manchester. It will become home to a diverse
Five new developments across Manchester will create 239 affordable new homes, available to buy through shared ownership including 111 for rent with Southway Housing Trust. We have lots of modern developments in the pipeline across south Manchester. The shared ownership homes offer a way to buy part of a home and rent the rest, with the opportunity to buy more shares and eventually own the whole home, if you want to. Shared ownership makes saving for a deposit much easier – you only need a deposit based on the value of the share you’re buying, not the whole property, with deposit amounts as low as 5%. At Tatton Place in Sale, GECKO is creating 6 houses and 24 apartments for shared ownership through the redevelopment of the
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