Affordable housing refers to homes which are priced at a level which is generally considered ‘affordable’ in a local area. This cost is based on the average house price locally, so numbers are only confirmed at the time the homes become available. An affordable home is however generally considered less expensive than similar properties on the market nearby.
Affordable homes include a range of ownership options including ‘shared ownership’ where a percentage of a property can be bought, paying a mortgage on the share the person owns and partially rent to a housing association. Affordable homes can also include homes which are fully rented from a housing association.
We are committed to providing opportunities for key workers to access this proposed development. This is in response to the local challenges around rising rent and house costs.
Key workers are defined as an essential employee who works in the private or public sector in a profession that is deemed essential to the community. This includes workers in health and social care, education and childcare, key public services, transport and more.
We are committed to providing a period of exclusivity to York key workers should the plans be approved. Further details will be outlined on this in due course, but we welcome any initial contact from key workers who would be interested in living at this development. You can express interest by emailing: [email protected].
Typical jobs that qualify as key workers include:
Health and Social Care Workers:
Education and Childcare:
Those professionals who are responsible for education and childcare usually care for the children of other key workers.
Examples of Education and Childcare Workers:
Key Public Services:
Examples of Key Public Service Fields:
Food and Other Necessary Goods:
All those involved in food production, processing, distribution, sale, and delivery. Also included are those essential to the provision of necessary goods, such as hygienic and veterinary medicines.
Public Safety and National Security:
Transport:
All staff whose duty it is to maintain the operations of air, water, road, and rail passenger and freight transport, especially those through which supply chains pass.
Utilities, Communication, and Financial Services:
Yes, the York Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) of 2016 is expected to be updated soon. The 2016 document shows an affordable housing need figure of 573 dwellings per annum.
Only 27 net affordable dwellings were delivered in York each year between 2013 and 2019, if you factor in Right to Buy purchases which reduce the number of available properties.
These statistics show that York has a significant local housing need, and this is not being met currently.
Ahead of a planning application, a full and detailed highways assessment will take place to review traffic levels including at peak times. This will help inform any highways measures proposed as part of the plans. Following submission, discussions will take place with the local authority’s highways department who will make a recommendation which will inform the decision.
Please complete our survey and tick the box which asks if you would be interested in living at this development. Following the planning process, and presuming the plans are approved, we will ensure those who have indicated interest in living at the development are included as part of the following rent/buying process.