HOUSING
‘A great example’
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and his deputy James Murray visited new council
homes in Hanwell recently, reports Quinton Drawbridge.
T
hey were shown 31 flats
at Copley Hanwell W7,
the first council homes
completed in Ealing since
Mr Khan announced in October he had
awarded the borough a grant of nearly
£100million. The funding will contribute
towards the council’s plans to build 1,138
genuinely affordable new homes – the
most ambitious council homebuilding
programme in London.
Those properties will account for a
sizeable part of the council’s overall
aim of creating 2,500 new, genuinely
affordable homes by March 2022. The
remainder will be built by housing
associations and private developers.
All of the homes will be available
as social rent, London Living Rent
or London Affordable Rent tenures
or as other affordable options like
shared ownership.
Mr Khan said: “This is a great example
of a council working with its residents
in order to build the type and quality of
housing they want.”
AN AWARD-WINNING YEAR
Copley Hanwell W7 has recently taken
the honours at two more national
award ceremonies, reflecting the high
standards the council is setting. It won
the What House? Awards – Best Starter
Home Scheme; and the Inside Housing
Development Awards – Best Partnership,
in recognition of the model used by
Broadway Living the council’s wholly
owned homebuilding company.
Councillor Peter Mason is Ealing
Council’s cabinet member for housing,
planning and transformation. He
said: “Ealing’s council homebuilding
plans are the biggest in London. But
our estates and homes wouldn’t be
anything without the people and
families who live in them. Rather than
telling residents what they want, we’ve
put them at the heart of our decision-
making process.”
‘I LOVE MY NEW FLAT’
Christine Hill moved into her new
home in Darlington Court (in Copley
Hanwell W7) in December and is
overjoyed with her new home.
She said: “I’ve lived at Copley for
30 years with my son John, and we were
some of the first to move into the new
Darlington Court. It’s absolutely fantastic
– I really love it. It’s finished to such a
high standard – oak floors, oaks doors,
a balcony, which I’ve always wanted.
We’re so lucky to have this flat.”
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