Work starts on more than 430 homes

Vistry Partnerships and local housing association Citizen have started building work on more than 430 homes across three sites in the West Midlands.Once complete, the developments will provide more than 240 affordable homes across the region.In Kidderminster, the two organisations are working together to build 246 homes at their 17-acre Churchfields site. 100 of the homes will be available for open market sale through Citizen’s Signature brand, while the remaining 146 will be affordable homes. As part of the project, a 100-year-old warehouse is also being converted into one and two-bedroom flats.Elsewhere, a brownfield site off York Road in Birmingham is being transformed into 87, two, three and four-bedroom homes. More than 75 per cent of the houses built will be available for affordable rent, plus a further 21 homes available for shared ownership.Additionally, work has also begun for 82 new homes at the former Ridge Hill Hospital in Dudley. The site will feature 34 affordable homes and, alongside York Road, is being built in partnership with Homes England.