{"id":500041,"date":"2025-10-14T23:44:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T23:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/500041\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T23:44:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T23:44:31","slug":"the-17-places-in-manchester-where-more-than-700-new-genuinely-affordable-homes-are-planned-full-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/500041\/","title":{"rendered":"The 17 places in Manchester where more than 700 new \u2018genuinely affordable\u2019 homes are planned \u2013 full list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s part of a big drive to use council-owned parcels of land for affordable housing<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_Aerial-View-01.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>The smaller tower (to the right) in Viadux 2 will be all-affordable(Image: Salboy)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Hundreds of new \u2018genuinely affordable\u2019 homes are coming to 17 neighbourhoods across Manchester, town hall bosses say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">More than 700 new homes will be built \u2018in the coming years\u2019 on parcels of council-owned land across the city, the most in a decade, according to Bev Craig.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">The council leader said every new home in the programme will be affordable: \u201cWe are delivering on our commitment made through our housing strategy to vastly increase the number of affordable homes \u2013 including significant numbers of social housing \u2013 being built in Manchester.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Join the Manchester Evening News <\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">WhatsApp<\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"> group <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/LUaHo8T8DDWDaHg65G29aN\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HERELink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">\u201cWe are seeing more affordable homes being built on council land than at any point since 2015 and this has been made possible through the strong partnership we have with the city housing providers, who are helping us not only deliver affordable homes Manchester needs at pace \u2013 but we are exceeding our targets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">\u201cProviding council-owned land to create opportunities for new home building is a proven approach and this next phase is a continuation of a strong track record of delivering homes for our residents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_Broadmoss-CGU-MCAU.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>How the Broadmoss plans, in Charlestown, are shaping up(Image: Manchester City Council)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">The move is expected to be confirmed at an executive meeting on Wednesday (October 15), where at least 400 new affordable homes are expected to be given the green light in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/gorton\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Gorton<\/a> in a separate drive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">The new homes will be built in the following 17 locations:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\" publication=\"men\">\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Some 271 homes for social rent and shared ownership are eyed for <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Broadmoss in Charlestown.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">An all-affordable, 23-storey tower in the <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">city centre<\/strong> will contain 133 flats. Viadux 2 in Deansgate is part of developer Salboy\u2019s project to construct the city\u2019s tallest skyscraper.<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">On <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Alexandra Road in Moss Side<\/strong>, 64 homes and apartments are planned, and will be available at the Manchester Living Rent.<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">Over on <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Gransmoor Avenue, Openshaw,<\/strong> right-to-buy purchases of council houses is taking affordable rental properties out of the market, so 51 social rent homes are earmarked.<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">The long-disused <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">former Levenshulme Baths<\/strong> will be converted into 34 apartments, also capped at the Manchester Living Rent.<\/li>\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\">And the council\u2019s \u2018Project 500\u2019 programme, to build 500 affordable homes on small portions of land across the city, will enter its second phase. Phase two will build another 160 homes across 12 sites<strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"> in north and east Manchester<\/strong>, exceeding the original 500 home target of this initiative.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Details of the planned development will be discussed by Manchester council\u2019s executive at 2pm on Wednesday (October 15). <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/democracy.manchester.gov.uk\/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=147&amp;MId=4976\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">You can watch the meeting online here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s part of a big drive to use council-owned parcels of land for affordable housingThe smaller tower (to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,2465,8828,29712,285,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-500041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-manchester","12":"tag-manchester-council","13":"tag-manchester-development","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115375182586812694","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}