New homes deliver jobs and economy boost
Our new council house building plans, to deliver 5,000 new homes by 2035, are not only providing new homes across our communities, creating jobs and boosting the local economy, but are also delivering a range of benefits to help our communities thrive.
Local jobs for local people, training and employment opportunities for young people and funding for a range of community groups and projects, are just some of the benefits delivered, together with our developers, alongside our new house building contracts.
Last year the community benefits programme secured 10 new entrants to our new build projects through targeted recruitment and employment; 15 apprentices; 10 work experience opportunities; 25 careers events and delivered site visits and school mentoring programmes to support young people into the construction industry. In addition, local businesses have also benefited as three supply chains have been developed with small and medium enterprises.
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