£800k hope to ‘kick-start’ Selby and Ryedale housing projects (From York Press)

£800k hope to ‘kick-start’ Selby and Ryedale housing projects

9:36am Thursday 17th December 2009 in

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THE Government has announced a possible cash injection of £800,000 to kick start house building projects near Selby and in Ryedale.

In Yorkshire and the Humber, more than £30 million is lined up for 23 short-listed housing projects which together will build nearly 1,500 homes.

Out of that cash, £500,000 is earmarked for Sherburn-in-Elmet to help finish the building of 62 homes in Saxon Court.

A further £300,000 may go to Ryedale to kick start the building of 51 homes in Prior Pott Mews, Malton.

A spokesman for the Homes and Community Agency (HCA) said both building projects had stalled because of the economic climate.

All the projects in the region must go through a final assessment by the HCA to determine which will get the green light.

As the funding is intended to support the house building industry when it needs it most, Housing Minister John Healey has said one of the key factors will be the ability to complete building work by March 2012.

He said: “I’m making it a condition of getting this Government money that all builders offer recruitment of local people and apprenticeship schemes. With this money we’re kick-starting stalled developments, supporting new jobs, training future generations of construction workers and building the quality homes we need.”