All the streets in Manchester where the council wants to build new affordable homes

Manchester city council has revealed a list of 27 sites across the city where hundreds of new low carbon and affordable homes are set to be built.

The council-owned plots predominantly in North and East Manchester – all of which have been developed before – are set to accommodate 378 new homes. More than half of the new homes would be available for Manchester Living Rent which will be capped at the local housing benefit level, while the rest will also be social or affordable housing including some Rent to Buy schemes.

It comes as the council hands over land to housing associations which have agreed to build affordable housing on it as part of the Project 500 initiative. The project aims to deliver 500 new low carbon affordable homes on council-owned land that is difficult to develop due to the small scale of the schemes.

The local authority will sell the land on the cheap – or in some cases hand it over for free – on the grounds that it will be used to build affordable housing.

Labour councillor Gavin White, who is the executive member for housing and development in Manchester, hopes the homes will be built within three years.

He said: “We know that building affordable homes in the current economic climate is a real challenge, but we need to do everything we can to increase the number of genuinely affordable, low carbon homes available to our residents.

“This is an ambitious approach to affordable home building, which draws on the collective energies of the city’s affordable housing providers, working in close partnership with the council to bring underused, brownfield land into use and build the homes that Manchester people need.

“This is only the start of the initiative and I look forward to future phases of the programme coming online in the coming months.”

The council’s executive will be asked to sign off the disposal of the 27 sites at a meeting next week, with a further phase of sales planned later down the line.

The sites will be sold to seven registered housing providers which are all members of the Manchester Housing Providers Partnership (MHPP).

Here is the full list of the sites set to be sold to providers in each council ward.

Charlestown

Whitemoss Road to The Guiness Partnership for 40 homes

Whitemoss Day Centre to The Guiness Partnership for 20 homes

Cheetham

Heatherdale Drive & Tamerton Drive to Mosscare St Vincent’s for 48 homes

Alderford Parade to Mosscare St Vincent’s for 29 homes

Clayton & Openshaw

Canberra Street to The Guiness Partnership for 4 homes

Brigham Street to One Manchester for 24 homes

Crumpsall

Parkhill Avenue / Delauneys Road to Great Places for 25 homes

Didsbury East

Minden Close to Southway for 2 homes

Gorton & Abbey Hey

Blackwin Street to One Manchester for 7 homes

Cross Lane to Southway for 8 homes

Varey Street to Southway for 5 homes

Harpurhey

Parkmount Road to Mosscare St Vincent’s for 24 homes

Jonas Street (Princedom Street) to Mosscare St Vincent’s for 22 homes

Queens Road to The Guiness Partnership for 8 homes

Palgrave Avenue to The Guiness Partnership for 7 homes

Lathbury Road to Jigsaw for 6 homes

Old Market Street / Domett Street to Jigsaw 4 homes

Pleasant Street / Rochdale Road for 8 homes, developer to be confirmed

Beverley Street for 4 homes, developer to be confirmed

Higher Blackley

Longhurst Road to Great Places for 22 homes

Jurby Avenue to Irwell Valley for 13 homes

Plant Hill Police Station to Irwell Valley 12 homes

Moston

Audrey Street to One Manchester for 10 homes

Winston Road to One Manchester for 9 homes

Hodge Street to One Manchester for 5 homes

Egbert St / Faversham St to One Manchester for 2 homes

Kenyon Lane to Jigsaw for 10 homes.

Speaking on behalf of the MHPP, One Manchester director of development Judy Noah said the aim is for work on the first new homes to start in the spring.

She said: “By working closely together with Manchester City Council, One Manchester and six other Registered Providers, all of whom are members of the Manchester Housing Providers Partnership, are able to focus their experience and resources to bring forward sustainable and affordable new homes across small sites, many of which would be challenging to develop individually.

“The Project 500 partnership is an innovative, collaborative approach to delivering new homes and we are aiming for the first new homes to make a start on site in the spring.”