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Hundreds of new
affordable homes to be built in Liverpool
A total of 646 affordable
homes are to be built across Liverpool over the next 4 years after a
successful bid for £14 million of Government cash.
4 of the City's Housing Associations have secured the funding from
the Homes and Community Agency (HCA) 2015-18 Affordable Homes
Programme. They are:-
► Riverside - 186 units.
► Liverpool Housing Trust (LHT) – 51 units.
► Liverpool Mutual Homes (LMH) – 313 units.
► Plus Dane – 96 units.
The homes; made up of 566 properties rented and 80 for shared
ownership; will be a mix of 2, 3 and 4 bedroom houses and 1 and 2
bedroom apartments. Some will feature energy saving technologies to
give tenants cheaper fuel bills.
Assistant Mayor and Cabinet member for housing, Councillor Ann
O'Byrne, said:- "This is really great news for the City and is
part of our commitment to improve the range and quality of
properties on offer for residents.
We are working closely with our housing associations to make sure
the properties are built in the right places to meet the demand in
the local area.
It is another boost to the Mayor's pledge to build 5,000 new homes
and bring more than 1,000 back into use which we are already on
track to exceed. We will also be making sure that as much of the
construction work as possible benefits local firms and local
people."
The LMH development contributes to the Building Our Future
partnership announced recently by the City Council which will see Redrow and LMH building 1,500 new homes over the next 5 years. A
further 1,000 will be brought back into use in a partnership between
LMH and Willmott Dixon.
New Classic Car and Motorcycle
Event - Are you going?
SOUTHPORT'S newly restored Kings Gardens will be hosting a
free event on Saturday, 23 August 2014, from 10am. The event will
have free parking on Prince's Park, as well as free Entry Classic
Cars, Motorcycles, Scooters and Military Vehicles! Plus the event
still as a few Trade Stands still available. Email:-
info@lot21.co.uk for application form and for more
information.
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NEW POLL REVEALS
ENGLISH YOUTH TO BE THE MOST SOCIABLE IN EUROPE
ENGLISH people are the 2nd
most popular travel companions in Europe, and the Spanish carry a
good reputation as hosts and guests, a new pan-European poll from
journey planning platform,
GoEuro,
can reveal.
The large-scale poll, conducted in July 2014, surveyed people from
England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, France, and Spain on their
opinions and notions about other nationalities that they encounter
in a travelling context.
In response to the question, "Who do you like to meet while
travelling?"; with the option for selecting multiple
nationalities; the poll found that Germans were the most popular to
meet whilst travelling, with 37% of the vote, closely followed by
English (35%), French (33%), andSpanish (33%). Least popular were
the Austrians (24%), Belgians (23%), and Portuguese (19%). When the
results are subdivided according to the age of the respondents, the
English are the most popular nationality to meet whilst travelling
according to 57% of European respondents aged 18 to 24.
The poll also posed the questions "Who are the best hosts?"
and "Who are the best guests?" Respondents were allowed to
pick one country only, the majority selecting the Spanish and
Italians as preferred hosts, while the Germans were voted the
favourite nationality to have as a guest. Portuguese people seem to
be unpopular when it comes to hosting or staying with others abroad.
Among 18 to 24 year olds the English were number one. Robin Wilfert,
Creative Director of GoEuro, comments on the poll results;-
"English people in general are respectful and well educated; add to
that the fact that English is now the international travel language,
and you have a great mix for friendliness."
Though it was a trend for smaller countries to receive fewer votes,
in part a consequence of their population sizes meaning
correspondingly limited opportunities for significant interaction on
the part of their fellow Europeans, the Scottish results were
emphatic when subdivided according to age of respondents: not a
single respondent aged 25 to 34 (including Scots themselves) voted for
the Scots as 'best hosts'; no respondents in either the 18
to 24
or 55 to 64 age categories (including Scots themselves) selected Scots
as 'best guests'.
Simon Wisdom, Country Manager UK at GoEuro, comments on the poll
results:- "The survey results give us interesting insights
into attitudes towards different nationalities in a holiday or
travelling context, with participants basing their results on both
direct experience and national historical reputation." |
