UK Over 50's Housing Award for CDHT
West Cheshire’s largest social homes provider has received a national Award for an outstanding regeneration project for the over 55’s.
Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT) won the prestigious UK Over 50’s Housing Award for its £3.2 million Hoole House development at an Awards ceremony in London.
The ceremony was attended by hundreds from the housing sector with the awards celebrating and rewarding excellence in the UK Over 50’s housing sector. Holly Stiles, of CDHT’s development team, received the Most Outstanding Regeneration Project (Affordable Housing) in the UK Award for the Hoole House scheme, which will provide 36 two-bed homes in Chester.
John Denny, Chief Executive of CDHT, said:
“We are delighted to have received national recognition for Hoole House, which will be completed in February. This is great news for our development team, who are delivering hugely successful and cutting edge mixed use schemes, providing sustainable communities that show our intent to continue to regenerate for the benefit of Chester and beyond. This development is part of a £10m development portfolio we are currently delivering alongside a whole range of people based regeneration initiatives, which makes CDHT one of the largest developers in the area.”
Judge Esmonde Crawley, a world authority with more than 25 years experience in the housing sector, added:
“Chester & District Housing Trust is the most outstanding exemplar for regeneration in affordable housing in 2010. CDHT has lifted and enhanced the sector via innovation such as that seen with the Hoole House development.”
Hoole House is a 36-home scheme built to demanding eco-code level 3, which comprises 24 high quality apartments to rent with another 12 for sale on a shared ownership basis. The sales properties included in the development have just been released to the market and are being marketed by Cavendish Ikin of Chester. Tel: 01244 404040 or visit: www.cavendishikin.co.uk for more info.
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Holly Stiles, of CDHT’s Development team, with UK Over 50’s judge Esmonde Crawley.
Notes to editors
Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT) is a dynamic and enterprising organisation at the forefront of delivering positive impacts in the communities with which it works. The Trust’s homes span six communities – Blacon North; Blacon South; Chester City Area; The Rurals; Lache and Handbridge; Upton, Hoole, Newton and Plas Newton.
Committed to the best principles of social enterprise with over 14,000 local customers in 6,200 properties and 53% of its 275 colleagues living within its communities, the Trust adheres to key commitments and principles relating to people, places, partnerships and performance which underpin the Vision to ‘create opportunity’, through its mission, ‘by doing the right thing’.
The Trust is about being transparent and accountable in everything that is done and to this end is one of the first organisations nationally to have established a Residents’ Board, with full delegated powers from the Trust Board, to direct services which impact upon their lives.
The Trust has a comprehensive development programme delivering over 330 new homes including the £12million regeneration of the Treborth Road area of Chester providing new homes for rent, sale and shared ownership, as well as a village green and wildlife habitats.
CDHT also provides services on a partnership basis, to a number of other customers e.g. Telecare services, TrustWorks Maintenance Services, Housing Options advice, waiting list management and choice based lettings to neighbouring local authorities and registered social landlords.
The Trust is rated as two Star excellent by the Audit Commission, has the highest possible rating from Telecare Services Association and is also credited Investors in People and is the overall Employer of the Year For Cheshire West. It has been in the ‘Top 100 Sunday Times best companies to work for’ for the last 3 years, reaching its highest position of 47th this year.
For more details please visit www.cdht.org or request a copy of CDHT’s Corporate Plan 2009-2014.
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