A new policy to ensure more people have access to new homes in Blackpool has been put in place. The measure, which has been approved by the council’s executive, sets out the level of affordable housing which developers must include in any schemes and also stipulates it must be indistinguishable from the market value homes.
A council report says there is "a pressing need for the provision of quality affordable housing” in the borough. It says: “Despite relatively low house prices and rents in Blackpool, affordability is a serious issue across the borough because of the prevalence of households with very low incomes.
“Many of these low income households do not have the ability to save for a deposit or may not be able to obtain a mortgage.”
