Tag archives for affordable housing
Developers come back for more
Developers Park Lane Homes have already started construction work on the building of 67 new dwellings on land east of 777 The Ridge, following their success at a planning appeal…
Readers’ Comments
A story that didn’t go away this year and a definite ‘to be continued…’, the issue of housing in Hastings needs tackling with urgency. Shame individual unscrupulous landlords, petition for…
Wherever I Lay My Hat: The Hastings Housing Crisis
By Louise Hester Hastings is a buzzing, creative hub, filled to the brim with incredible minds and potential. By very virtue of this, and the fact it is a coastal…
Affordable housing: council cabinet sets First Homes criteria
Under a government scheme introduced last year, First Homes, at least 25% of all future new-built ‘affordable’ housing units are set to be offered at discounted prices to local first-time…
Council plans for affordable homes
At a Cabinet meeting next Monday (1st November) Hastings Borough Councillors will review a plan put forward by its Housing Department to set a target for the the delivery of…
Howch Could be Right up your Street
Kate Moran, Chair Hastings Older Women’s Cohousing (Howch) provides an update on the project: how it’s going and what they are doing to secure a suitable site. So what is…
Local Plan: Have Your Say
By Chris Lewcock Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has published its Local Plan, potentially setting the course for development of our town over the next 20 years. It sets out proposed…
Ore Valley On The Market
The acre freehold site of the former power station at Ore Valley, allocated in the Hastings Local Plan for up to 50 units of housing and now vacant after the…
Heart Of Hastings Takes On The Trinity Triangle
Although many in the local community are aware of the name ‘Heart of Hastings’, there probably aren’t so many who know what the Heart of Hastings Community Land Trust actually…
Flood Money Spurs Council Development
On 8 July the cabinet of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) approved proposals for the first new housing development to be carried out in its own name for more than 20…