OLDER people in Longhill will benefit from a new housing development, which is due to welcome its first residents at the beginning of March.
The purpose-built bungalows for the over-60s will help elderly or vulnerable people in the area to live independently.
Housing developer Pickering and Ferens Homes secured £585,000 in funding from the Department of Health to build the sites at Weaver Grove and Larne Road.
John Black, Longhill ward councillor and portfolio holder for housing at Hull City Council, said there is high demand for specialist housing in east Hull.
He said: "As a ward councillor, I welcome the first development of two-bedroom bungalows in the Longhill and Bilton Grange area and look forward to the possibility of a number of similar developments in the area in the future.
"Pickering and Ferens has, for many years, developed a successful partnership with Hull City Council to provide quality homes and bungalows for the elderly in the city."
In September, the not-for- profit housing association, which provides more than 1,000 homes across East Yorkshire, secured a further £3m from Hull City Council to build homes for the over-60s in Hawthorn Avenue, west Hull, and in New Bridge Road, east Hull.
Tom Hogan, chairman of Pickering and Ferens Homes, said the organisation is determined to meet the growing need for specialist housing in the city.
He said: "I am delighted these innovative schemes, which have been carefully designed to meet our resident's needs, are reaching the completion stage.
"These bungalows really do have to be seen to be believed and are an excellent addition to our existing portfolio within the city.
"Pickering and Ferens Homes, in partnership with Hull City Council, is playing a key role in the provision of housing for older people and we were incredibly pleased to secure funding to turn our vision into a reality on these sites.
"Our new developments ensure we are continuing to provide older people with opportunities to live in purpose-built accommodation, which gives them chance to live at the centre of an established community in proper- ties that are on one level."
The residents who will live in the bungalows from March will also have access to a communal area, providing opportunities to socialise and access Pickering and Ferens Homes' wider network of support services and activities.
