East Sussex towns secure £40m of levelling up cash

Hastings and Rother in East Sussex are next in line for a £40m investment to upgrade their towns, community centres and build more affordable homes. Each area is set to receive £20m in levelling up funding to deliver new housing and leisure facilities. In Hastings, some £13m will be used to deliver affordable homes, with a further £9m spent building a new leisure centre, releasing land on the old site for more than 50 new homes. Hastings Borough Council leader Julia Hilton said: “This funding means we are able to expand our housing acquisition programme and also make sure that a site earmarked for affordable housing can be built to our very high energy efficient specification and under our control.” The £480m levelling up partnerships programme was announced in the 2023 Spring Budget, with 20 areas in England and four locations in Scotland set to benefit from the funding. Photo by Pixabay