Council Offers Up Free Land to Landlord in New Homes Bid

A Midlands council is offering up some of its land at no cost to a housing association in a bid to deliver affordable homes in the region. Herefordshire Council is releasing some of its own land to allow for some 42 additional homes for local people across Ross, Leominster, Kingstone and Hereford. WM Housing (locally managed by Kemble Housing) has been selected as the preferred housing partner to develop the affordable homes on the local authority land. In return, the 23,500-home landlord will receive the land from Herefordshire Council at no cost to enable the properties to be affordable. Read more on the Council’s website.