350 affordable homes for families across Midlands

Housing association Midland Heart have completed and handed over 350 new homes for the year 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021.

This includes 131 in Leicestershire, 97 in Staffordshire, 92 in Warwickshire, 12 in the West Midlands and eight in Northamptonshire.

Joe Reeves, executive director of finance and growth at Midland Heart, said: “This is a brilliant achievement for us, especially during what has been a challenging year.

“All of these new homes have been offered at affordable rent and low-cost home ownership, which is great news for our customers.

“This year, we made the decision to extend our corporate plan by a year and refresh our development target to build 4,000 new homes by March 2025. With over 900 developed over the previous two years and 1,400 properties currently being built on site, we are well over halfway towards our target. ”

Chris Miller, director of development at Midland Heart, added: “Handing over so many new homes this year while dealing with the various restrictions has been a challenge but I 'm pleased that so many families have been able to settle into their new homes as planned. ”

“I 'm very proud of the team and their work both within Midland Heart and outside of the organisation with our many partners, developers and local authorities.

“The bar is set even higher for 2021/22 with a target of around 800 new homes to be completed by April 2022. ”

Midland Heart - a patron of Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce - says its forward pipeline is very strong and the organisation is due to commence work on several sites in the region this year.