A district council in County Durham has announced that the provision of affordable homes will be one of the key priorities for it in its new housing plan.
Easington district council has made the issue a major part of its housing strategy 2008-11 after seeing prices in the area rise by 63 per cent between 2001 and 2007, taking the average from £42,802 to £118,000 in that time, the Peterlee Mail reported yesterday.
Head of housing for the council Ian Morris said that "providing new high-quality housing that includes affordable housing for sale and rent" would be one of the main aims alongside improving the quality of housing and meeting the needs of the most vulnerable.
The news coincided with the release of Land Registry figures showing that the north-east saw the highest house price inflation in March at 2.4 per cent.
It also revealed that the Easington average price is higher than that of County Durham as a whole, which now stands at £116,561.
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