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Ground-breaking PPP project in Walsall
In late 2006 Housing 21 was confirmed as preferred bidder for a public private partnership project with Walsall MBC worth £165 million to provide housing and care over a 30 year period. By bringing together project management skills, expertise in the provision of older people's services and financial backing from the private sector - and building on our experience of working with local authorities such as Gateshead MBC and Suffolk CC - we've put together a package which will see more than 320 new homes for older people over the next five years.
We will be overseeing the construction work on the new homes and then provide housing management services over the lifetime of the contract.
The Walsall contract includes building specialist accommodation for people with dementia, as well as intermediate and interim care flats for people who need a 'mid way' home after leaving hospital.
The new extra care schemes will not only provide housing but also shops, cafes and community facilities for other local people to use. In addition, we'll be providing day care services not only for older people living in the schemes but also for other older people living in the locality. Communities as a whole can, and should, benefit from an injection of resources - and the development of extra care schemes, with their community orientated facilities, means they will.
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