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North East councils get £8 million housing boost
Published: 2010-02-24 10:05:34
The region has been given an £8 million housing boost, with councils across the North East set to receive a share of the cash, announced by housing minister John Healey. (Sourced from the Chronicle.)
It will be used to build nearly 180 affordable houses as part of a national £500 million programme of spending.
Among the projects the money will fund is a revamp of the former Fossway fire station, in Newcastle's East End, where homes for people with learning disabilities will be built.
South Tyneside Council will benefit most, with more than £2 million to be spent on the fourth phase of a regeneration scheme in Cleadon Park.
John Healey said: "Unlike governments in previous recessions, we have used the power of public investment to ensure that even during the downturn we continued to build the homes this country needs.
"When levels of private house-building plummeted, we stepped in with record levels of funding to get Britain building again."
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