The money will also go towards providing
extra care housing facilities for older people, flood prevention, town centre regeneration and community hubs.
Extra care housing offers an independent lifestyle option for older people who are able to live in their own one or two bedroom self-contained apartment while accessing a wide range of communal facilities together with access to 24-hour individual care and support when needed.
After the cabinet at Shire Hall agreed the plans in January 2016, a spokesperson for the local authority, said: "Members agreed that part of the site will be made available for the specific use of developing an
extra care housing facility, with the remaining part sold on the open market.
The scheme is being run at the Hafan Gwydir
extra care housing scheme and includes all members of the local community.
A NEW
Extra Care housing development in Alnwick, Northumberland, has taken another step forward with the appointment of a full-time scheme manager to oversee the day to day running of the building.
Sandy Mount is the last of the three
Extra Care Housing schemes built by Kirklees Council.
Goldfield Court, which is run by Housing & Care 21, provides "
extra care housing" for older people, with 93 flats at the site.
Extra care housing is a type of sheltered housing designed to meet the needs of those with housing, support and care needs.
It also offers this service to people who live in
Extra Care Housing schemes.
MOVES to boost the number of
extra care housing schemes in a Teesside borough have been agreed.
Controversial plans to close Hafod y Gest, a council run care home at Porthmadog, and replace it with a pounds 6.5m
extra care housing complex were put on hold last December after councillors heard the previous consultation process was "flawed".