Home, one of the UK's largest housing associations, is building more than 1,000 new homes on the Scowerdons, Weakland and Newstead estates, in the south east of the city.

The project will replace older housing with new homes, half of which should be affordable.

A residents' charter promises to make sure a new home, with a choice of whether to buy or rent, is available for former residents who want to return to the redeveloped estates.

In the first phase at Newstead, Home is building three apartments, three bungalows and 50 two to four-bedroom houses. Earlier this year, Home began a seven-year building programme at Weakland and will shortly begin selling the properties.

And the planning applications for the first two phases of the Scowerdons estate were submitted in July.

Home's project director Stuart Massey said: "In total, we are building 312 new homes at Newstead in five phases and we expect the houses in the first phase to be completed and be ready to move into by spring 2009."




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