{"id":31399,"date":"2025-07-18T08:15:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/aviva-funds-council-housing-push-in-north-london\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T08:15:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:15:54","slug":"aviva-funds-council-housing-push-in-north-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/aviva-funds-council-housing-push-in-north-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Aviva funds council housing push in north London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-499788\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p data-start=\"310\" data-end=\"422\">Half the homes will be offered at affordable rent, with the entire development owned and managed by the council.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"424\" data-end=\"586\">The scheme, designed with sustainability in mind, will rise on a council-owned car park and still retain some parking for town centre visitors and station access.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"588\" data-end=\"752\">It\u2019s the first time Barnet has teamed up with an institutional investor of Aviva\u2019s scale. Aviva Capital Partners is backing the project alongside developer Stories.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"754\" data-end=\"821\">Construction is expected to start in 2026, with completion by 2028.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"823\" data-end=\"998\">Councillor Ross Houston, deputy leader and cabinet member for homes and regeneration, said the deal shows how the council can \u201cuse council land to directly benefit residents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1000\" data-end=\"1115\">Richard Meier, CEO of Stories, said: \u201cBunns Lane is more than a housing development \u2013 it\u2019s a model for what public-private collaboration can achieve when values and long-term outcomes lead the brief. We\u2019re proud to work with Aviva Capital Partners and Barnet Council to set a new bar for what equitable development in London can look like.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Morby\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\">\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/07\/18\/aviva-funds-council-housing-push-in-north-london\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Half the homes will be offered at affordable rent, with the entire development owned and managed by the council. &#8230; <a title=\"Aviva funds council housing push in north London\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/aviva-funds-council-housing-push-in-north-london\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Aviva funds council housing push in north London\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}