Work has commenced on an Ealing Council-led project to deliver 92 new affordable homes in Northolt, a significant step towards addressing the borough’s escalating housing crisis.
Eighty-four of the homes will be let at London Affordable Rent, priced to suit the budgets of local people on low incomes. Those homes will be let to some of the almost 8,000 families currently on the council’s housing waiting list.
The development, located on the old Northolt Grange Community Centre grounds, also includes eight shared ownership properties. This scheme is designed to support aspiring homeowners who can’t reasonably afford a home on the open market by enabling them to buy a share of a home and pay rent on the remaining share.
The homes at Northolt Grange are expected to be ready for their new occupants to move into in spring 2026. The Greater London Authority (GLA) is supporting the homes, which are being built with the support of the Greater London Authority (GLA). The GLA is part-funding the development with part of a £99 million grant awarded to the council in 2019.
The development will have a variety of home sizes, including two 5-storey blocks of 1-bedroom to 3-bedroom apartments and four-bedroom houses.
Hill Group is the main contractor on the project. The new homes to let at Northolt Grange will count towards the council’s target of delivering thousands of new genuinely affordable homes to let in the borough by 2026.
The 2,100 new homes completed across the borough in 2022-23 meant that Ealing had the highest number of housing completions in London that year. During the same period, it also had the second-highest number of affordable housing completions in London (1,195). Housing completions were at the highest level on record for the borough.
Residents are invited to give their views on the council’s ambitious new plans, which include the construction of more affordable homes, the implementation of new housing policies, and the expansion of community support programs, to address the affordable homes crisis. The consultation on the council’s draft housing strategy aims to listen to residents and community groups to ensure their priorities are represented.
Councillor Peter Mason, the council’s leader, said: “Working with people across Ealing is essential as we look to make our borough a fairer place to live, and now we want to gather your views on our new plan to tackle the housing crisis. We’ve already got one of the strongest home building records in London, and we want to continue that hard work, providing the genuinely affordable homes that our residents need and helping to build communities full of pride, identity and purpose, across our seven towns”.
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