Broadacres is marking rural housing week (2nd 6th July) by announcing details of a new scheme which will help to ease the cost of living for local people who want and need to live in a popular North Yorkshire market town.

The cost of renting privately in Helmsley is high due to the town’s popularity as a tourist destination, being located within the North Yorkshire Moors National Park. This means many people from the town are forced to move away because they cannot afford to live there.

However, Broadacres Housing Association, in partnership with Wharfedale Homes, is seeking to remedy this by providing 18 new homes for affordable rent for people from Helmsley.
The one and two-bedroom homes are being built just off Swanland Road, Helmsley.

The homes form part of Wharfedale Homes’ high quality 61-home Swanland Park development.

The first homes will be handed over to Broadacres later this year and all 18 will be allocated to people with a connection to Helmsley, either because they grew up or live there, or work in the town. Wharfedale Homes is also providing an additional six houses for sale at a discounted price, making a total of 24 affordable homes on the site.

Broadacres’ Chief Executive Gail Teasdale said: “The main theme of Rural Housing Week 2018 is to demonstrate the positive value of housebuilding in rural areas, and to show how building affordable housing is helping rural communities to survive and thrive. “We are therefore delighted to be able to announce the provision of 18 homes for affordable rent in Helmsley, a town where the cost of renting privately is very high. “The people who will directly benefit from the new homes will have a local connection to the town and not only will this mean they can remain in Helmsley, it will help ease their cost of living. “Broadacres is committed to providing great homes, great places and great customer experience, and building developments in our rural communities plays an important part in helping to deliver this.”

Chris Patmore, Director of Wharfedale Homes, said: “The provision of affordable homes has always been an important part of this project and along with the Helmsley Estate, North York Moors National Park Authority, Ryedale District Council and Helmsley Town Council, it is something we have been committed to from the start. “There is great need for high quality, well designed market and affordable housing in Helmsley and by delivering one of the largest new build schemes in the National Park, we are helping to meet this demand. “This scheme could not have been made possible without the support of our partners, including the local community and Helmsley in Business.”

For more information on Rural Housing Week visit www.housing.org.uk

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