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New council homes built in Broomhill
Several families have moved into a new housing development where an elderly persons home once stood.
The homes are part of Bristol City Council’s New Build Programme, which seeks to turn brownfield sites into much-needed housing across the city and has seen almost 150 properties built since 2014.
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Bristol mayor Marvin Rees visited the houses this week with his cabinet colleague Paul Smith.
“This is one of the best bits of my role,” said Rees. “Being up here with new houses and young families, knowing that lives are being transformed.
“There’s real joy here, as the parents talk about their children being able to go outdoors and play. There’s space here for local residents to come together and form the communities that are the building blocks of Bristol life.
“There are lots of challenges ahead for Bristol, for the country and for the wider world, but this is a city in which we are delivering on housing. We said it, we delivered it, and there’s plenty more to come.”
All of the buildings are fitted with solar panels, which provide energy to each property and feed any excess back to the grid.
The rent is affordable and it is hoped that the tenants will finally be able to put down roots and become part of a new community.
Bristol City Council hope to build 1,000 new homes over the next five years
Smith, cabinet member for housing, added: “It was a very poor situation here – we had a building that was run down, with people living in bad conditions. Now we have fantastic houses for those who need them the most.
“The kids here will grow up together and the families will build strong relationships. The more housing we can build, the more people’s lives we can improve and the more we can help communities form the connections this city needs.”
The new site in Broomhill consists of 13 properties, the majority of which are two-bed houses along with two one-bed flats.
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