South Leeds housing scheme kick starts Mayor’s pledge to deliver affordable homes for West Yorkshire

Affordable homes for West Yorkshire

The first phase of The Guinness Partnership’s Points Cross housing scheme which is now on site, will build over 300 new, sustainable homes in the Leeds South Bank area –100 per cent of which will be affordable, as well as supporting the generation of extra jobs, skills, and training opportunities for young people. The wider scheme will deliver 928 affordable and sustainable homes in total, in one of Leeds key regeneration areas.  

The wider scheme will also deliver improvements to green spaces in the area and new public walking and cycle routes, as well as commercial space for uses such as cafés and gyms.  The Points Cross development will bring skills training and apprenticeships to young people across the city, with students at Leeds College of Building, Leeds City College, Ruth Gorse Academy, and the University Technical College all benefitting from being adjacent to the scheme, having access to a live building project, learning directly from industry professionals and being able to witness key construction stages. 

Once completed, the scheme will also deliver a 22 per cent reduction in carbon against the requirements set out in the Building Regulation’s, which will contribute towards the Combined Authority’s target for West Yorkshire becoming a net-zero carbon economy by 2038.