New council homes being built at rapid pace

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Construction work continues across several council house-building sites around the town as new homes start to emerge from the ground up.

Major progress is being made to build a total of 44 new council homes on three sites in Staple Tye and 6 homes in The Woodleys.

Construction work has also started to provide 8 new homes in Lower Meadow and 7 in Elm Hatch. The new homes in Lower Meadow will be purpose built modular homes to support local people facing homelessness.

The first phase of the council’s house-building programme will provide 103 homes. These will be a mixture of houses, apartments, and bungalows to meet the different circumstances of Harlow families in housing need.