Artists impressions have revealed what a new 38-home affordable housing development in Wigan could look like. This three storey ‘Foyer facility’ - accommodation for young people between 16 and 25 at risk of homelessness - would replace the former home of Heatons Bakery off Boundary Street.
Just a short walk from the heart of the town centre, the apartment building would provide communal and training space ‘to encourage social interaction and to deliver key training courses to the residents’, according to developers. Your Housing Group, who run numerous other social housing developments like this, said this would allow young people to live independently whilst being close enough to lines of support if needed.
Plans include teaching and studio facilities, a training kitchen, a meeting space, breakout space, a laundry room, a residents lounge, an indoor and outdoor gym and recreational space outside.
