London borough launches £300m architecture framework
By Elizabeth Hopkirk2019-03-18T07:00:00
Barking & Dagenham plans to build 50,000 homes over 20 years
Barking & Dagenham’s regeneration arm has announced a £300m architectural framework for its ambitious council housing programme.
The east London borough wants 50,000 “high-quality” homes to be built over the next 20 years by the council and its partners and has set up BeFirst, a regeneration company, to ramp up progress.
BeFirst has set itself a five-year target of building at least 2,700 homes which will be largely council owned with some “affordable” and shared ownership properties.
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