LOW COST HOMES AVAILABLE

PEOPLE keen to get a foot on the

property ladder now have the chance thanks to a new development with low cost

homes.

Eleven affordable homes have been

built as part of a new housing estate called The Meadows on the site of the

former Waggon and Horses pub in Chapel Lane, Coppull.

The two-bedroom houses are

available for people to either rent or to buy, thanks to a partnership between

Chorley Council and its social housing partners Chorley Community Housing (CCH)

and Adactus Housing Group, and developer Arley Homes.

Councillor Peter Malpas, who

oversees housing at Chorley said: “It’s important that families and young

people who want to live in their own home can afford to do so and we do

everything we can to help them to get on the property ladder.”

Seven of the new properties to rent

have already been allocated to people from the Council’s housing waiting list,

and will be managed by CCH. The remaining four are being offered for sale by

Adactus either through shared ownership or a new scheme called Rent to Homebuy

which is aimed at people struggling to save a deposit to buy their first home.

The new scheme gives them the

opportunity to live in the house they want to buy, paying less than the average

market rent, for up to three years so they can save for a deposit to buy the

house through the shared ownership scheme.

Richard Houghton, Director of

Operations for CCH, said:  “We are

pleased to be able to work in partnership with the Council to provide another

high quality scheme of new housing for people in housing need.”

Anyone who is interested in the

shared ownership or Rent to Homebuy properties should contact Adactus on 01942

267 755 or Chorley Council 01257 515151 for further details.

Last year the Council and its

partners provided 107 affordable homes through both refurbishment and new

developments – smashing the Government set target of 50.