North Tyneside councillor John Harrison has welcomed the completion of 16 council homes for social rent on two previously neglected sites in Howdon and Wallsend.
Eight homes have been built at Rosehill View in Howdon and a further eight at Parkside House in Wallsend. They will be allocated to households on the borough's housing register.
The Rosehill View development replaces a former social club that had stood empty and attracted vandalism and antisocial behaviour. Parkside House replaces a disused office building with one and two-bedroom flats.
All 16 homes are fully electric, with air-source heat pumps and electric-vehicle charging points.
The North East mayor's Brownfield Housing Fund provided more than £390,000 towards the two schemes. Homes England also supported the Parkside development through the Affordable Homes Programme.
Harrison, North Tyneside Council's cabinet member for housing and the Labour councillor for Howdon, said the mix of houses and flats would meet different needs, including those of smaller households and families.
The completion adds to the council's social-rented stock while bringing two derelict plots back into use. North East Mayor Kim McGuinness has set a wider ambition to support 15,000 additional social and affordable homes across the region.
