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CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP COMPLETES 21 PASSIVHAUS COUNCIL HOMES
Cambridge Investment Partnership ( CIP ), an equal partnership between Cambridge City Council and award-winning housebuilder The Hill Group , has completed its first Passivhaus-accredited council homes at three developments across the city : Fen Road , Borrowdale , and Ditton Fields . The milestone achievement , comprising 21 sustainable new homes , was marked at Fen Road with the planting of a tree by guests from Homes England , Councillors , and members of the CIP team .
The three developments were part of funding agreements with Homes England to provide new council homes across the city aimed at people on low or middle incomes . These properties have been built as part of Cambridge City Council ’ s wider programme of work across Cambridge to improve accommodation standards for people living in existing council homes ; to build additional council homes to meet local need ; and to address wider housing supply issues .
Cllr Gerri Bird , Executive Councillor for Housing and Homelessness at Cambridge City Council and CIP board member , said , “ The completion of these three developments is a significant milestone in our journey as a partnership .
“ With the ongoing pressures on the cost of living and the need to provide new high-quality , sustainable housing across the city , these Passivhaus pilot developments are creating new homes for residents that cut energy bills , improve health and wellbeing , tackle fuel poverty , and are great places to live .
“ I am also delighted that two of the homes at Fen Road are wheelchair-adapted for families , with lifts already included , which is important as we drive forward the need to provide more fully adapted homes for disabled people .”
CIP worked with experienced architects Pollard Thomas Edwards , The Environment Partnership , and Carter Jonas to bring forward these developments .