Sheltered Housing Closure Proposals out for Consultation
20-02-2012
Author: Steven Michaels
Eight sheltered housing complexes that house elderly people are under a property review and the residents may be forced to leave.
Livin runs 13 sheltered housing schemes in Durham and is reviewing all of them. They are considering tearing down Grayson Grange, Butterby Grange and King William Grange in Spennymoor. They also want to demolish Thurston Grange in West Cornforth and Rosewood Grange in Chilton, among others.
More than 200 people could be affected by the decisions they make and many of these face having their council-run homes demolished. However, bosses have said no final decisions have been made as of yet and many of the schemes will not have work starting on them for 12 years.
Livin has said that resident’s views will be taken into consideration during the consultation process which ends at 12 o’clock on the 20th of April.
The reason behind this decision is that demand for sheltered housing has meant many apartments have been unoccupied for a long time. The company has guaranteed that no residents will be made homeless and they will put in measures to help those affected. They will offer compensation, free removal services and help transferring utility bills.
Alan Boddy, an executive director at Livin stated that the move is an attempt to consider the needs of older people. Also he added that the peoples whose lives will be changed because of their decisions will be involved in the process.
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