James officially opened Freebridge Community Housing's new affordable housing development, Draper Gardens in Gayton, a collection of 26 properties with a mixture of affordable rent and shared ownership.
The site is located behind the old Rampant Horse Inn pub will 16 much-needed affordable rental properties and ten properties available for shared ownership. This development has been made possible by the government's Homes England Funding: £1.57m 2016-21 Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme funding, £144k 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme funding.
Anita Jones, Chief Executive of Freebridge Community Housing, joined James and Freebridge Chair Andy Walder.
Commenting after the opening, James said:
"It was a pleasure to open Freebridge's new Draper Gardens housing development in Gayton. More affordable housing is needed in North West Norfolk, and these new homes, made possible in part with government investment, will provide much-needed rental and shared ownership properties helping local people. By taking a forward-thinking approach and installing air source heat pumps, they are setting an example other developers should follow."
