Key milestone reached for new affordable homes in Bristol

Located at the end of a popular high street in Southville, the development includes 107 new affordable apartments, offering a combination of one, two and three-bedroom homes, with 98 of them available for shared ownership and nine for social rent. 

As well as creating homes, the build will mix old with the new, refurbishing parts of the original brewery buildings to be turned into shops and offices for the local community. The homes are due to be completed at the end of next year.  

Stuart Hensby, Associate Director Sales and Marketing at Abri said: 

“With great thanks to grant funding from our Strategic Partnership with Homes England, we’re excited to provide more much needed affordable housing in Bristol. Good quality homes and facilities are key to making a difference and creating thriving communities, especially in the midst of the national cost of living crisis. We’re ambitious to deliver 10,000 warm, safe and sustainable homes by 2030, including over 750 homes in Bristol within the next five years that’ll create places where people feel they belong.” 

Councillor Tom Renhard, Cabinet Member for Housing Delivery and Homelessness from Bristol City Council commented:  

“Building homes is about creating neighbourhoods that meet the diverse needs of our communities and make use of unused brownfield land, so it’s great to see the results of another high-quality 100% affordable regeneration that’ll deliver much needed housing in Bristol. The new homes in Southville ward look great and will add to over 12,500 homes built since 2016, as we continue to tackle Bristol’s housing crisis head on.” 

As a Strategic Partner with Homes England, Abri is using grant funding to make all the homes affordable for customers. John Kearney, Head of Provider Management at Homes England said:  

“This new development in Bristol supports our greater vision for more affordable housing in the next five years, providing more people with a place to call home. The regeneration and delivery of additional housing is key to creating thriving and inclusive spaces where communities are proud to live, work and play.”