New extra-care housing may cost taxpayer £25m.
Wednesday 23rd February 2011, 2:29PM GMT.
An example of an extra care housing unit interior with which Housing would like replace Longue Rue House and Maison Maritaine. (1091055)
TAXPAYERS will contribute between £20m. and £25m. towards the redevelopment of two States-run residential homes, Housing has confirmed.
The Guernsey Housing Association will take out a loan to pay the remaining £10m. to £15m.
Plans to replace Longue Rue House and Maison Maritaine with extra care housing units were unveiled earlier this month with a predicted £30m.-£35m. price tag.
If the States approves the proposals when deputies debate the issue in April, the GHA will be appointed to carry out the redevelopments and then manage the tenancy agreements at the new accommodation, which is due to house the current 99 residents.
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Thought it was previously stated that the money was already there, saved over years, to do this by the States
So an explanation for the extra amount please
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The money IS already there, it is in the Corporate Housing fund. The high level of grant funding in the first phase from the CHP, is because there will be large communal areas within the new facilities at Maison Maraitaine and hopefully a day centre to replace the “Russels” which is currently a crumbling tin shed at Les Cotils. We also want to build 15 new units at Longue rue House for assisted housing for people with special needs. (currently housed by HSSD) Also it may seem expensive but if we were to completely refurbish both our care homes to modern standards; it would cost in excess of 20 million and worse we would have to relocate all the residents to carry out the work. We are not going to do that and have chosen the option of building brand new facilities to modern standards with solar heating panels and high levels of innsulation on the existing sites and leaving our residents in place up until the time they can move into their new homes.
D. Jones (Housing Minister)
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