Do you love Headingley, but have to leave?  As most residents know, the greatest problem affecting our neighbourhood in the last decade or so, has been the purchase of family homes by landlords, in order to turn them into lucrative shared houses (houses in multiple occupation, or HMOs).  Local community associations, led by Leeds HMO Lobby, have campaigned for measures to resist this trend (including local and national planning policies).  Now Headingley Development Trust, through its not-for-profit headingley homes initiative, is itself intervening directly in the local housing market.  If you are moving (or you know anyone who is), and would like your home to remain a family home, headingley homes offers two alternatives to the usual market forces.

•  We have an agreement with Manning Stainton, the local property agency, that if you wish, they will find you a family buyer.  Manning originated in Headingley, and still avoids the HMO market.  (Of course, if this is not your interest, they also trade as usual.)  Contact Manning Stainton at 20 Otley Road, Leeds LS6 2AD, tel 0113-274 8646.
   

• Or you could consider leasing your property to headingley homes.  We already have a portfolio of properties, with a variety of leases, which we let to families (of all sorts).  We have a contract with Leeds & Yorkshire Housing Association (based in Shire Oak Road) to manage our properties, so you are assured of a professional service, as well as a regular income, and the satisfaction of helping Headingley become a more sustainable community.

We are interested, not only in Headingley itself, but also neighbouring areas, from Woodhouse Moor up to the Ring Road, between the River Aire and Meanwood Beck. 

Contact Richard Tyler at headingley homes, email: richardt@headingleydevelopmenttrust.org.uk
or Dale Ellis, Project Development Worker, email: dale@headingleydevelopmenttrust.org.uk
or write to Headingley Homes, c/o 20 Woodland Park Road, Leeds LS6 2AZ.