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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority partners with Share to Buy to promote home ownership Affordable homes in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough As part of ongoing work to ensure more people have access to affordable housing across the region, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority has announced a partnership with first time buyer property portal, Share to Buy, to…

Responding to yesterday’s budget laid before Parliament, James Palmer, Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, has praised the decisive action taken by the government in tackling COVID-19, as well as funding announced for more affordable housing, upgrading transport and investment in furthering skills and stimulating local growth. The Mayor cautions the government, however, not to lose…

Work is underway to build Cambridgeshire and Peterborough’s first ever £100K Homes. Mayor of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, James Palmer, who is spearheading the groundbreaking scheme, visited a new housing development in Fordham today (March 3), where the first eight £100K Homes will be completed before the end of 2020. Mayor Palmer met…

People in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are being urged to show their support for £100K Homes via a new website for the innovative scheme which makes one-bedroom properties available to buy for £100,000. Driven by James Palmer, Mayor of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, £100K Homes will offer an affordable step on to the housing…

Council leaders on the decision-making board of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority have given their backing to accelerate the delivery of £100K Homes across the region. A plan to rollout the scheme, which will seek to make homes available to buy at £100,000, was approved by the Board, chaired by Mayor James Palmer, at…

The £100K Homes website is now live, offering information about the scheme and allowing people to register their interest in buying one of the affordable properties in the future. Developed and managed by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, the site provides key information about £100K Homes, including a two-minute video animation and a list…

An opportunity to create more affordable housing in South Cambridgeshire was approved by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority Board at their meeting yesterday. The Board agreed to loan £5.78m from the £40m revolving fund for Affordable Housing to Linton Road (Great Abingdon) LLP to deliver the scheme. Currently the planning permission includes 5 affordable…

The Combined Authority has today approved funding for a new dedicated team tasked with establishing Community Land Trusts to strengthen communities and deliver affordable housing across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The board also signed off on spend from a £150,000 pot to deliver the Mayor’s flagship affordable ownership housing scheme ‘£100k Homes’. The cash for a…