Council Gifts Development Site To Tackle Homelessness

Council bosses have agreed to gift a development site to a not-for-profit company looking to provide housing for homeless people and armed forces veterans. Building for Humanity (BFH) is looking to take on a site in Charter Street, Accrington, with a view to building a £3m-plus scheme including 15 one-bedroom apartments, 15 two-bedroom apartments, three four-bedroom townhouses and 12 two and three-bed semi-detached houses. Hyndburn Council’s cabinet recently backed the move in a report recommending the site be given to Building for Humanity for free. Read more on 24housing.

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