Douglas Mayor Stan Cain has officially opened Douglas Borough Council’s new sheltered housing complex, Hazel Court in Pulrose.

The 38-unit complex represents a further partnership between the Council and the Department of Health and Social Care.

Unveiling a plaque to mark the occasion the Mayor said it was encouraging to see a new building development in Pulrose and he wished the tenants well in their new homes. Housing and property chairman councillor David Ashford added that Hazel Court was ‘a marvellous project’ that was what sheltered housing in the 21st century should be – a complex that reflected residents’ needs. It was, he said, ‘the way forward in independent living.’

The unveiling completed, the civic party, which included mayoress Sheila Cain, council leader David Christian, council members and Health and Social Care Minister Howard Quayle MHK, viewed a number of soon-to-be occupied apartments and met with some of the residents.

Photo - Douglas Mayor Stan Cain, after unveiling the plaque at Hazel Court. Picture Andrew Barton.