A Phase One LiLAC property recently handed over to Leeds City Council.
Phase One of the £80m Private Finance Initiative (PFI) LiLAC scheme has been successfully handed over to Leeds City Council and the first tenants have been settling in to their new homes.
Consisting of seven properties, Phase One was handed over by the LiLAC Consortium last month. The LiLAC Consortium comprises specialist housing provider Progress Care Housing Association, local company Jack Lunn (Properties) Ltd and Gleeson Capital Solutions Ltd, part of M J Gleeson Group plc. Local dignitaries, Leeds City Council care workers and residents marked the occasion with an open day at one of the new properties.
This important milestone marks the first of 14 phases to be handed over, which in total will see Jack Lunn (Construction) Ltd deliver 73 purpose-built new homes across 41 sites around the Leeds area over a three-year period. The 25-year housing PFI forms a major part of a modernisation programme that aims to significantly improve accommodation, housing-related support and care services for adults with learning disabilities or mental health needs and disabled children in the region.
Andy Rawnsley, Project Director of the Independent Living Project for Leeds City Council commented: “The new properties will make a tremendous difference to the lives of service users. It allows residents to live closer to their own communities in smaller, less institutional and more independent settings. We are delighted that Phase One has been successfully completed and the tenants are settling into their new homes”.
Stephen Bradbury, Managing Director of Jack Lunn (Construction) Ltd, said: “One of the principal considerations has been to integrate a seamless transition of moving tenants from Council-owned properties into new state-of-the-art modern premises. Tenants have been able to view the progression of their new homes and we have worked closely with Leeds City Council to ensure that each property meets the individual needs of the service users.”