Decision details

The Mayor of Bristol has set out the objective of delivering 2,000 new homes per year, of which 800 should be affordable, by 2020. In response to this the Council allocated £57m for the Council to provide grants to Registered Providers and other eligible organisations for affordable homes for rent or supplementary grants to: promote Zero Carbon affordable homes, adopt modular housing and incentivise the building of wheelchair user bungalows. This is the 22nd round of grant funding by the Council under the delegated authority scheme agreed by Cabinet on 2nd April 2019.

Approves the grant allocation to United Communities Housing Association of £2,250,000 for the development of 30 affordable rented homes and a supplementary grant of £500,000, in accordance with the criteria detailed in the Affordable Housing Funding Policy, to United Communities to install in all 50 flats a high level of insulation to improve airtightness (equivalent to Passivhaus standards) and connect to the city centre heat network from the Affordable Housing Funding Budget made under the delegated authority for grant payments (including those in excess of £0.5m) to support the delivery of housing approved by Cabinet on 7th March 2017. Please note attached Financial report.

All the grant proposals from Registered Providers (including this one) were assessed by an Officer Panel and moderated through Pro Contract.