Building and Acquiring Sustainable Homes
We aim to build and buy new homes in the right locations within our local area to ensure a mix of much needed homes that are designed to suit a range of needs.
During the year we invested £17 million in 99 new affordable homes for rent and rent to buy for families and older persons in housing need. We also bought 11 homes for affordable rent that were previously sold under the Right to Buy scheme.
We completed new developments at Travellers Green and Canopus Close, Newton Aycliffe; Hamminkeln Place and Eden Gardens, Sedgefield; Burton Woods and Barnfield Road, Spennymoor; Castle Croft, Barnard Castle and Bracks Farm, Bishop Auckland.
We are continuing to invest in and learn from new technologies, reducing the carbon emissions of our new homes and improving the thermal insulation and fabric efficiency. Of the new homes completed during the year, 14% of them were installed with low carbon air source heat pumps providing both heating and hot water via a hot water tank.
We will carry out regular inspections of estates in our communities to make sure the outside of our homes and the surrounding areas are clean and tidy. More local offers.
We listened
You wanted to be informed of any outstanding landscape work related to seasonal planting at the start of your tenancy.
We acted
We provide our staff with the right information to pass on to new tenants so they are aware of any outstanding landscaping works that may affect their home.
