THE first council houses built in Warrington for more than 20 years have been officially opened the Mayor and Mayoress, Cllr and Mrs John Joyce.
Built to help meet a shortage of affordable homes in the area, they are in Charnock Road, Culcheth.
The three two-bed bungalows were built by Bullock Construction and funded by Warrington Borough Council and the Homes and Community Agency.
They are the first of 32 rented bungalows to be built on seven sites across the borough, including Poplars and Hulme and and Poulton with Fearnhead.
Peter Taylor, assistant director for regeneration, housing and development at the borough council said: “It’s excellent to see local people being able to downsize to brand new properties in the community and even the street where they have lived for many years. This is also helping to free up larger houses for families to live in and we feel it is a great use of the limited funds we have available to build new homes.”
Golden Gates Housing Trust will manage the new homes on behalf of the council and will eventually own the properties when all the new bungalows have been built, retaining them as affordable homes in the future.
Pictured: one of the new council homes
First council houses for 20 years
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