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05/09/2011

Five families in the village of Great Cornard are today waking up in brand new homes as Colne Housing Society hands over the last of its properties on the Bures Road development.

The new houses, comprising of 2 x 2 bedroom houses, 1 x 3 bedroom house and 2 x 4 bedroom houses, have given local families the opportunity to secure a new home at a social rent that is well below the market average.

Bill Frame, Chairman of Colne Housing, said “Great Cornard sits within Babergh District, an area where there are 1400 on the housing waiting list, where 69 per cent of new households cannot afford to buy and where 40 per cent cannot afford private rents.

With these statistics in mind, we are delighted that we have been able to provide the village with these much needed affordable homes. These final five houses have now completed our involvement in development – one that has seen us able to house 107 families in new properties.”