Policymakers hope the scheme will revitalise underutilised land around the city
Hull houses at Kingsfold in Kingswood, similar to the new homes that will be built(Image: Hull City Council)
More than 80 new council homes will be built across six different locations in Hull, after the local authority won significant funding from central government. Councillors hope it will be a major step forward in addressing the city’s housing needs.
Hull City Council’s plan is to integrate the new high-quality housing into existing neighborhoods. Policymakers hope the scheme will revitalise underutilised land around the city.
The news has been described as a crucial milestone for local residents and will be a step forward in finding families a home in Hull. The authority is now on the front foot with housebuilding, having already identified further sites that could be built on in the future, subject to successful funding bids.
Hull City Council has successfully secured more than £9 million in government funding to deliver the 83 new Council homes across six key locations. The planned properties will be geographically spread across Hull to ensure diverse communities benefit from the investment.
Targeted locations include sites at Snowden Way, Lindsey Place, Campbell Court, Oriel Grove, Ellerburn Avenue, and Kingsfold at Kingswood.
The financial boost for the local housebuilding is from the government’s Social and Affordable Homes Programme (SAHP), a national initiative launched earlier this year to accelerate the delivery of new social and affordable housing across England.
This latest success includes a newly awarded fund of £6.6 million, which will directly fund the construction of 51 new homes across four distinct sites in Hull. That allocation builds upon an earlier successful bid from the same scheme, which saw £2.6 million awarded to support the development of 32 new council properties.
Combined, the funding grants represent significant progress toward the local authority’s wider ambition to deliver 840 new council homes under the Hull Housing Growth Plan 2025-2031.
Councillor Paul Drake-Davis, Portfolio Holder for Economic Renewal and Housing, described the multi-million-pound investment as a crucial milestone for local residents and said the development would be for people on the council’s housing waiting list.
“This is a really positive development, where this first allocation for Hull from the SAHP will allow the council to build dozens of new homes in different areas of the city for those on the council’s housing waiting list,” Cllr Drake-Davis said.
“We’re responding to the housing crisis in this country by building much-needed Council houses, and we also have other sites identified that could be built on in the future subject to further successful funding bids.”
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In January 2025 Hull City Council ‘s Cabinet approved ambitious plans to build around 6,000 new homes in the city by 2031. Of these, council documents suggest 1,452 would be Affordable Homes, and 800 will be council houses.
The targets were agreed in response to the Labour government’s plan to ‘get Britain Building’ by tasking local authorities in England with building a total of 371,541 new homes a year.
Each local authority was allocated a target figure for the number of new homes to build per year, with Hull City Council ‘s target initially being set at more than 900. Planners are hoping to focus much of the construction in the city centre.
Away from council housing, the construction of new homes and their affordability was given a boost by the announcement of the ‘Your First Home’ scheme at the Labour party conference in September. It will allow buyers to purchase a new-build property with just a 2.5% cash deposit and will give confidence to some construction firms at a challenging time in the property market.
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