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- Work Due to Start on New £4.5 million Sheltered Housing Scheme -
08 March 2010
Construction of a new £4.5 million state-of-the-art sheltered housing scheme in St Albans is set to start this month. The new scheme will provide 34 new homes for the elderly. It is a replacement for Eric Steele House in Park Street, and is being provided by St Albans City and District Council working in partnership with local housing association North Hertfordshire Homes.
The scheme was designed in full consultation with residents from Eric Steele House and includes communal facilities such as a residents’ lounge, kitchen and dining rooms, beauty treatment and consultation rooms, and a computer suite. It will also be environmentally friendly – using a combined heat and power system that will cut carbon emissions and result in lower heating and energy bills for residents.
Cllr Joyce Lusby, Portfolio Holder for Housing Services at St Albans City and District Council’s said “The Council is delighted that construction of this new sheltered housing scheme is now under way. The Council and North Hertfordshire Homes have spent a lot of time consulting residents about the design, and the result is a fantastic looking building that will meet the needs of residents for many years to come.”
North Hertfordshire Homes’ Chief Executive, Kevin Thompson, said “We are very proud of our plans for this development – which will be our flagship scheme in St Albans City and District. We have secured over £2.2 million in government funding towards the scheme, and the flats should be finished and ready for residents by the summer of 2011. The new flats will be available for rent to people from the old Eric Steele House and to local people nominated by St Albans City and District Council”
Anyone interested in renting one of the new flats should contact St Albans City and District Council’s Housing Lettings department on 01727 819 480.
