Residents are set to move into nine new council-rented flats in Carden Hill, Hollingbury, later this month, marking another step in the city’s efforts to expand affordable housing.
The scheme has converted a long-derelict brownfield site into new social-rent homes for local people on the housing register. The flats include a mix of one- and two-bedroom homes and have been designed with sustainability in mind, featuring energy-efficient glazing and air source heat pumps that provide heating and hot water.
Each home also offers private outdoor space, while residents will share a communal roof garden. The development includes cycle storage and is conveniently located near local bus stops.
Councillor Gill Williams, cabinet member for housing, praised the build quality and thanked contractor Trinity Homes for delivering a high-standard development. She said the new homes are much needed and hoped incoming residents would be very happy there.
The project is part of the council’s New Homes for Neighbourhoods programme, which is delivering additional council housing across the city. Current and upcoming schemes include 222 new council homes and a community hub in Moulsecoomb, plus two developments due to start in Portslade.
Other housing measures include the Homes for Brighton & Hove partnership with Hyde, which has begun work on 306 low-cost homes in Sackville Road, Hove, and has already completed 346 homes in Coldean and Portslade, including 176 council-rented homes. The council is also buying back homes lost through Right to Buy.
