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Regional housing groups team up to call for housing to be front and centre during general election

Homes for the South West, Homes for the North and the G15 have today teamed up to call for housing to be pushed higher up the agenda during the General Election.

Select Committee – H4SW evidence

I was pleased to be invited last month, as Chair of Homes for the South West (H4SW), to give evidence to the HCLG Select Committee as part of the Inquiry into Long Term Delivery of Social and Affordable Rented Housing.

Yarlington to deliver 265 new homes in the south west

Homes for the South West member, Yarlington Housing Group continues its commitment to providing affordable housing in the south west with 265 homes currently in development in Somerton, Castle Cary, Cullompton, Dorchester, Yeovil and Bridgwater.

National success for south west eco-homes scheme

Homes for the South West member Plymouth Community Homes’ multi-award winning Primrose Park scheme has another honour to its name after being named Sustainable Project of the Year.

Plymouth Community Homes (PCH) hosted a visit from Sarah Jones, Labour MP for Croydon and Shadow Housing Minister

The visit was part of a meeting of the Homes for the South West group, made up of Chief Executives and other senior managers of major housing associations with properties in the South West including LiveWest, Sovereign, Stonewater and Westward housing.

LiveWest to build more than 400 new homes in rural areas over the next two years

Homes for the South West member LiveWest has pledged to deliver more than 400 new homes in rural areas over the next two years, across the South West.

LiveWest celebrate 1,000 new affordable homes landmark

LiveWest have achieved a key milestone after delivering 1,000 new affordable homes in just over a year throughout the south west.

Following the merger of  DCH and Knightstone Housing in March 2018, Homes for the South West member, LiveWest immediately pledged to invest £2billion in the regional economy over the following 10 years, building 16,000 new homes across the westcountry and sustaining 6,500 jobs in the building and supply chain.

31 affordable homes heading to Bideford

Work has just started on Westward’s exciting new affordable homes development in Bideford which will see 31 homes built to help meet a growing local housing need.

Westward are a member of Homes for the South West and will deliver 31 properties, of which 26 of these homes will be for affordable rent and 5 homes for shared ownership (part-buy part-rent) which are due to be available in Spring 2020.

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Three families move into affordable housing in Paignton

Three delighted families moved into their new homes on the Fusion estate in Paignton on Thursday as Westward let the properties to local families through Devon Home Choice. Two more households will also move into their shared ownership homes in Foxglove Way this month.

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Mayor opens new community of homes in East Devon

Lord Clinton performed a ribbon-cutting to mark the official opening of Cavanna Homes’ new show home at Alfred’s Gate in the East Devon village of Newton Poppleford, near Sidmouth.

Keith Miller, Managing Director at Cavanna Homes, joined Lord Clinton from Clinton Devon Estates, and members of the project team who have brought the 40 new home development to fruition.

Homes for the South West member LiveWest are managing the sale of affordable homes at Alfred’s Gate.

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