Affordable housing from South Northants Website
We are committed to providing a range of ways to make housing affordable for local people.
These pages contain a range of information, from work we’re doing to increase the amount of affordable housing, to practical ways of people getting on the housing ladder.
What is affordable housing?
Affordable housing is housing aimed at those who are unable to afford housing on the open market.
The government defines affordable housing as including “social rented” (Council housing or housing association rented housing) or “intermediate housing”, provided to households whose needs are not met by the open market.
Affordable housing can be in the form of low cost rent and intermediate housing, such as New Build Home Buy (also known as Shared Ownership)
Homes are managed by Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) also known as Housing Associations.
To raise awareness of affordable housing, we have produced an information leaflet giving details on how an affordable village housing scheme is developed.