Sixteen affordable homes for local people are being built on the site of a derelict nursery, a housing association has said.
The homes will be built on the old Bicclescombe Nursery site, in Ilfracombe, Devon, and will all be available for social rent, which will offer affordable housing at “significantly lower” prices than private rentals, association Aster Group said.
It has partnered with Ilfracombe Community Land Trust (ICLT), a group formed by residents, to create affordable local homes.
Mark Read, from the trust, said “the housing crisis hit Ilfracombe hard” and hoped the project would “just be the start of a larger response to the desperate need” for affordable properties.