Winning the Funding Competition
HUNDREDS of new homes have been built after the Spirit Partnership, of which Erimus Housing is a member, received more grant funding than any other partnership in the North East.
Spirit sped past its fellow organisations across the region to scoop more than £29m from the first round of the Homes and Communities Agency’s National Affordable Homes programme funding – more than £10m more than the next organisation on the list.
By the end of 2008, the partnership, made up of Erimus Housing, Tees Valley Housing, Four Housing Group, Two Castles Housing Association, Coast and Country Housing and Derwentside Homes, had been awarded a total of almost £43m.
Funding included grant for Erimus Housing’s development at St Paul’s, Newport, Middlesbrough, a scheme to provide 94 houses, bungalows and apartments with a range of tenure options to help people get a foot on to the property ladder.
Across the partnership, the organisations aimed to build 313 properties within the year but completed 493; 157% of the target.