Cambridge-based housing association Hundred Houses Society is celebrating the completion of its 800th home with a special cake cutting ceremony at the site development site.

Hundred Houses Society is approaching its 75th anniversary of providing homes and services for local people. The Society was founded in 1933 by a group of people concerned to meet the needs of working families in Chesterton. Since then, the Society has continued to provide affordable rented and shared ownership homes with a portfolio that includes over 800 homes that are either managed or owned by the Society.

The 800th home to be completed on behalf of the Society is part of The Triangle on Station Road, built by George Wimpey, a landmark development in the heart of Cambridge.

To commemorate the occasion, a special cake baked in the shape and colours of the development has been prepared by one of the Society's tenants, Mrs Sharon Henderson of Edinburgh Road. Mayor Robert Dryden will officially mark the occasion of the 800th home by cutting the first slice for new residents and guests at a ceremony at the offices of TP Associates, Daedalus House, Station Road, Cambridge on 10th May.

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Note to Editors

1. More information at www.hhs.org.uk or by contacting Chris Jackson, Chief Executive on 01223 315036

2. The Housing Corporation is the government agency responsible for delivering new affordable homes and regulating 1,500 housing associations across England. Its current investment programme of GBP3.9 billion for 2006-2008 is its biggest ever and is set to provide around 80,000 new affordable homes from housing associations and private developers throughout the country. The Housing Corporation's website is www.housingcorp.gov.uk.

3. Hundred Houses Society manages 850 homes in Cambridge, and is building 77 more in Cambridgeshire and north Essex.

4. Housing associations are grant funded by the Housing Corporation and raise money by bank and building society loans to buy land to build new homes.