4.5.4 Affordable Housing

Object

Representation ID: 31053

Received: 21/07/2016

Respondent: Cambridge Association of Architects

Procurement and partnering models of the City Council should be referred to in other policy papers, and ensure quality of deliverance is not undermined by commercial value alone.

Object

Representation ID: 31113

Received: 13/07/2016

Respondent: ms beverley carpenter

Not agree. We need co-operative housing.

Object

Representation ID: 31118

Received: 21/07/2016

Respondent: Cambridge Past, Present and Future

This site represents an opportunity to address the shortage of affordable housing that threatens the City's economic success.

CambridgePPF welcomes the commitment to 40% affordable housing. However, as the site is Council owned it could sustain a higher proportion, even up to 100% affordable.

The Mill Road Depot site could become a model for innovative/creative options for affordable housing.
The SPD mentions exploring co-op housing, perhaps even intermediary dwellings, social rental schemes.

CambridgePPF are very encouraged by the draft SPD document for the Mill Road Depot site and emphasise the significant potential the site holds. Highly recommend investigation of above options to best utilise the site.

Object

Representation ID: 31187

Received: 22/07/2016

Respondent: Cambridge GRT Solidarity Network

The need for affordable rented housing.

The area suffers from an almost complete lack of local genuinely affordable housing, with limited scope for improving the situation. Nationally, affordable housing is set at 80% of market value. For this area,80% of market value would be unaffordable for the majority of people in this area.

By far the best opportunity to achieve genuine affordable housing in this area is the Depot site, and this is entirely due to its ownership by the Council. According to the Council Leader, the Council have committed to supplying 50% social housing at 40-60% market rents. This is not mentioned in the SPD and will directly impact on the type of housing provided. Interest was also expressed in the provision of rented Co-operative housing.