Tag: affordable ownership
£4.5m funding for 113 affordable homes in East Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire and Peterborough
Today the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority housing committee gave approval on 4.5 million of grant funding to help create 113 new affordable homes across East Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough. The housing committee gave approval for: A grant from the Combined Authority’s £100m Affordable Housing Programme of £1,576,000 was approved for 38 homes, 28 at […]
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Work begins on new £100K homes
Work has begun on four new £100K Homes in South Cambridgeshire, which will be available to local working people for £100,000 by the end of this year. The Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority led by Mayor James Palmer is working with Laragh Homes to bring forward four new £100K Homes on the land to the North of Linton Road, Great Abington. […]
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Mayor Blog overview of the year 2020
Few will be sad to see the back of 2020, but I want to finish this year by highlighting those things of which I am so proud. Covid-19 has had a hideous impact on so many lives, but what the team at the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority has achieved this year has been incredible. […]
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A look inside the first £100K Homes
For the first time, the public get to look inside the first £100K Homes as James Palmer, Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough releases exclusive photos of the recently completed properties in Fordham. Despite construction setbacks this year due to Covid-19, the eight £100K homes have been delivered by Hill development in time for Christmas and […]
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First £100K Homes to be offered at a discount of over a third of market value
Market rate valuations on the first eight £100K Homes at Fordham, Cambridgeshire have revealed they were offered to buyers at a discount rate of 35%. The ground floor flats were valued at £150K and the first-floor flats at £155K but will be sold to the prospective first buyers at £100,000. This means that all subsequent […]
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Combined Authority progress report reaffirms commitment to economic recovery
In a confident report on the progress into its Devolution Deal with government, the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority provides strong evidence to the November Board that it is delivering on its twenty five year mission to double to region’s economy and is working for economic recovery following the Covid pandemic. The report, requested by the Combined Authority leaders back in October, provides an assessment on the 2017 Devolution Deal with the government. It shows significant progress on its ambitious long-term plans to deliver growth and public […]
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Mayor to deliver over 450 new affordable homes for residents across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority led by Mayor James Palmer has today approved the spend of £19.1 million to create 453 new affordable homes over 13 sites for people right across the region. In 2017, the Combined Authority negotiated £100m of government funding to create 2,000 new affordable homes for people living in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough by March 2022. The 453 affordable homes announced today bring the Combined Authority significantly closer to this target. […]
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Mayor urges more developers to come on board with £100K Home housing project, as demand for £100K homes in Fordham, Cambridgeshire exceeds supply by 28 to 1
Mayor James Palmer is encouraging housing developers to work with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority in bringing forward more £100K Homes after receiving 228 applications for eight £100K Homes in Fordham, Cambridgeshire. Of the 228 applications received, 147 had the necessary local connections to Fordham to make them suitable for the homes available there, […]
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority partners with Share to Buy to promote affordable home ownership in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
As part of ongoing work to ensure more people have access to affordable housing across the region, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority has announced a partnership with first-time buyer property portal, Share to Buy, to raise the profile of affordable home ownership options across the region. Supported by Mayor James Palmer, the dedicated platform on the Share to Buy website […]
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£100K Home for Christmas – first set of homes for £100,000 now available to purchase in Fordham, Cambridgeshire
Apply for the first £100K Homes in Fordham by 12 October 2020 The first eight £100K Homes, in Fordham, Cambridgeshire, are now available for eligible buyers to apply to purchase. The Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, led by Mayor James Palmer, is inviting applications for the homes from local working people who fit three key […]
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Mayor’s Blog: Home Start for Home Service
It’s hard to describe my delight this week when I joined some well-spaced colleagues at Rayner’s Green in Fordham at the Topping Out ceremony for the first eight £100k Homes, which are due for completion by the end of this year. There’s a touch of poetry about topping out – it’s when a building achieves […]
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First ever £100K Homes now under construction in key milestone for scheme’s birth
Work is underway to build Cambridgeshire and Peterborough’s first ever £100K Homes. Mayor of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, James Palmer, who is spearheading the groundbreaking scheme, visited a new housing development in Fordham today (March 3), where the first eight £100K Homes will be completed before the end of 2020. Mayor Palmer met […]
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Public urged to back trailblazing £100k Homes after website launches
People in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are being urged to show their support for £100K Homes via a new website for the innovative scheme which makes one-bedroom properties available to buy for £100,000. Driven by James Palmer, Mayor of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, £100K Homes will offer an affordable step on to the housing […]
Find out moreMayor Palmer updates housing minister on infrastructure plans
Meeting Mayor James Palmer during her visit to Cambridgeshire yesterday, housing minister Esther McVey said she believed that successful development demanded infrastructure be put into place before homes themselves are built. The minister was visiting Northstowe where Homes England, the Government’s housing agency, officially opens its office on the site where the new town is […]
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Combined Authority reveals plan for the year ahead
An important milestone has been reached as the 12 key projects that will be the focus of activity throughout 2019/20 at the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority were agreed. The new Business Plan was approved at the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority Board Meeting this week (30th January 2019). It sets out the 12 key […]
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