Former paint firm building to become social flats
BBCA 19th Century building that was once home to a paint firm will be converted into 30 social rented flats.
A further 63 social rent homes are also being built next to those flats in the former SJ Dixon & Son premises on Cleveland Road, Wolverhampton.
The Dixon House project is being supported by a combined multimillion-pound investment by Homes England, West Midlands Combined Authority, social housing association WHG and YMCA Black Country.
The initiative to deliver 93 homes is the third social housing scheme that mayor Richard Parker, who chairs the combined authority, has invested in since Christmas.
Clotilda Tigueram, who is on the board of trustees for YMCA Black Country Group and lives in one of their other developments, said: "Having a home with YMCA has been life changing.
"It gave me the stability to complete my nursing training and build my future after a difficult time during my teenage years.
"I'm excited about YMCA's new Dixon's House development, which will give even more young people the chance to have a safe place to call home."
Parker said too many people in the West Midlands "don't have a safe, affordable place to call home".
He said that was why he was "committed to building thousands of new social and affordable homes".
"This is the third social housing scheme I've backed since December, delivering 485 new social and affordable homes, including 337 homes for social rent, for those communities that need them most."
City of Wolverhampton Council leader Stephen Simkins said the final phase would provide vital social and affordable housing for residents "in line with our city housing strategy".
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