More than 40 new homes will be purchased by a council in order to cut down its housing waiting list. Folkestone and Hythe District Council (FHDC) has approved plans to buy 44 affordable homes in Pond Hill Road, Cheriton, on land previously used by Risborough Barracks. The properties will be split over five blocks and include a mix of one-bedroom flats, two-bedroom flats and a two-bedroom Coach House. Currently just under 1,400 households are on the local authority’s waiting list. Some of the homes will be let to applicants on the council’s housing list through Kent Homechoice once completed. I…
