Manchester City Council has released a report to deliver over 700 new homes across the city. The homes will be developed using Council-owned land in the coming years. The report is in collaboration with the Manchester Housing Providers Partnership (MHPP).

Working with the MHPP, the Council is able to invest unused, surplus parcels of land to make sure the right mix of homes are being built to meet demand in a particular area.

In the last three years, Registered Providers and Housing Associations that are part of the MHPP delivered around 90% of the affordable homes completed across the city with a remit to deliver homes as affordable as possible to Manchester people – with the majority capped at social rent or the Manchester Living Rent.

More than 1,750 affordable homes have been completed in Manchester since the housing strategy was adopted in 2022 – alongside a strong pipeline with 1,500 affordable homes under construction, and a further 2,250 affordable homes with planning approval.

Key sites as part of this phase of the MHPP partnership includes:

• Broadmoss, Charlestown by Legal and General – 271 homes social rent and shared ownership
• Viadux 2, Deansgate by Salboy – A 133 social rent apartment towerthat helps react to the evolving city centre housing market, providing more options for Manchester people to live centrally
• Alexandra Road, Moss Side by Legal and General – 64 homes and apartments capped at the Manchester Living Rent, helping to meet major demand in this area.
• Gransmoor Avenue, Openshaw by Southway and JMM – 51 social rent homes helping to meet demand in an area where right to buy purchases are contributing to limited access to Council housing
• Former Levenshulme Baths by Legal and General – 34 apartments that will be capped at the Manchester Living Rent, bringing back into use a long-term disused site
• Project 500 phase 2 – the next 160 homes across 12 sites in north and east Manchester in partnership with a Great Places, MSV and Onward, which will exceed the original 500 home target of this initiative.

The executive committee will also hear a report around future investment in Gorton Town Centre where a further 400 homes will be built by Clarion.

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