Housing and Homelessness Summary Year end 2020-21

Between April 2018 and March 2019, a total of 1165 new homes were built in Colchester and between April 2019 and March 2020 there were 1124 new homes built.

Source: Housing Land Supply Position Statement 2020
 

Number of affordable homes delivered.

During the year April 2020 to March 2021 a total of 101 new affordable homes were delivered in Colchester.

Source: Registered Provider returns

The developments where these homes were completed included Chesterwell (Northern Gateway), Dyers Road Stanway, Field House Stanway, Hampton Park Stanway, Severalls, and Nineacres in Tiptree.

Colchester Borough Council also purchased back 59 ex local authority properties. These properties were one and two bed flats and maisonettes, two-bed houses, three bed houses and a four-bed house.

The wards in which these properties were situated in Colchester, includes Berechurch, Castle, Greenstead, Lexden and Braiswick, Mile End, New Town and Christ Church, Old Heath and the Hythe, Prettygate, Shrub End, St Anne’s and St John’s, Rural North, Marks Tey and Layer, Mersea and Pyefleet, Stanway, Dedham and Langham, Tiptree and Wivenhoe. All properties purchased back have been let at a social rent.
 

Affordable Home ownership

The Government set up several schemes to help households into homeownership. One of the key schemes is the Help to buy equity loans (a low interest loan towards a deposit for a home).

The number of properties bought in Colchester with the support of the Help to buy Equity loans scheme from April 2013 to 30 September 2020 was 2,289 of which 1,883 were first time buyers.

The table below shows the number of properties bought in Colchester with the support of the Help to buy Equity loans scheme by year.