What is The Golden Triangle?
The Golden Triangle Partnership is a partnership between Leeds City Council, Harrogate Borough Council and City of York Council. It is unique in that it crosses two regions – North and West Yorkshire. When we set up the partnership in 2003 our membership only included housing and planning staff from the three councils. Since then we have extended it to include three housing association partners; Home Housing, Yorkshire Housing and Accent Housing.
The Housing Corporation and the Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber provide an advisory role to the partnership.
Why the Golden Triangle?
During the past few years, it has become more and more difficult to meet housing demand in the area. For an increasing number of first time buyers and people on low incomes it has become almost impossible to buy their own home in the Golden Triangle due to the prohibitive cost of property. The Golden Triangle Partnership want to take action that will remove these obstacles.
Vision of the partnership
The vision of the partnership is to work across traditional administrative boundaries to achieve affordable housing solutions in high-value areas of North and West Yorkshire. The overall aim of the partnership is to increase the availability of affordable housing within sustainable communities in the Golden Triangle area.
How?
The partnership has received funding which will help to deliver innovative long-term solutions to the affordable housing shortage in the Golden Triangle.
We have submitted a further bid to secure funding for 2008 -11 so that we can continue to share best practice and find ways providing more affordable homes in the Golden Triangle. We will find out about the outcome of the bid later in the year.
For further information about the work of the partnership – please contact Michelle Fletcher on 0113 2475885 or by email