University plans for key worker homes

11-Jan-2006

Oxford University staff are to benefit from plans to build 200 new key worker homes in the area.

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Following concerns over a lack of affordable housing for members of staff, and worries that it may discourage potential workers, the university has decided to construct the properties.

The housing estate, which will cost around £40 million, will be located just outside Oxford in the city in Wolvercote and is hoped to provide accommodation for around 600 people.

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In a bid to encourage workers to move to the area, the estate will also include easy access to a community centre, doctor's surgery and village green.

"Oxford is determined to remain one of the world's greatest universities. But we find it difficult to accommodate staff in the Oxford housing market," Tim del Nevo, land agent for the University, explained to the Oxford Mail.

Mr del Nevo emphasised the importance of affordable housing in recruiting new staff and said that they hoped the scheme would increase the number of applicants for university vacancies.

The issue of key worker homes is becoming increasingly important as more public sector workers find themselves priced out of the market.

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