Willmott Dixon has completed building work on new council homes in Manchester.

A total of 40 new council homes in north Manchester have been handed over to tenants, and a further 20 new shared ownership homes bought by Manchester City Council to help residents on to the property ladder.

The 40, two-bed homes located across six sites across north Manchester will be managed by the council's housing management organisation, Northwards Housing. The rental homes will be affordable to Manchester people.

The properties were developed by Willmott Dixon with support from Homes England with £1.4million grant funding.

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The City Council has also purchased 20 new, high-quality family homes in partnership with Taylor Wimpey at Booth Hall in Charlestown, north Manchester that will be re-purposed to support Manchester people onto the property ladder through affordable shared-ownership.

The next phase of the North Manchester new homes project will be announced later this year and will include a further 150 new homes.

The affordable homes projects represent the first phase of an ambitious affordable housing investment programme that will see 6,400 genuinely affordable homes built up to 2025.

Anthony Dillon, Managing Director of Willmott Dixon in the North, said: "The positivity and community spirit surrounding the delivery of these highly-anticipated homes is inspiring. This project represents a truly positive legacy far beyond just bricks and mortar.

"Throughout this project we have been focused on helping to raise the aspirations and opportunities available to the north Manchester community, providing a range of jobs and training on our sites, and we are delighted to be able to see the fantastic reactions of those moving into their new homes."