Local firms to get chance to work with new city housing company

Liverpool City Council is planning to launch bespoke house refurbishment and house building procurement frameworks – giving local firms the chance to pitch for work from Foundations, the new ethical housing company established to create 10,000 new homes and refurbish dilapidated housing stock in the city (August 31st).Foundations is the flagship housing policy for Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson – who wants to use the company to rebalance the city’s social housing stock, revolutionise the rent to buy sector and drive up council tax receipts for the council.Formally established in January, it has been tasked with creating bespoke properties for the homeless, foster carers, large families, the elderly and people with a disability and to improve the availability of good quality, affordable homes in the city.The new frameworks will be designed specifically to enable Liverpool and Merseyside based businesses to pitch for work as part of the derelict refurbishment and new build programmes, bolstering the local supply chain.The council’s procurement team have taken the first step to launch the new frameworks by publishing a soft market testing exercise with a questionnaire for contractors.