Somer Community Housing Trust
Somer Community Housing Trust is the largest
social landlord in the South West. Based in Bath, we own and
develop homes across Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and
Bristol.
3&4 Longacre
Bath Self Help Housing Association is consulting on plans to
redevelop 3&4 Longacre, including Caroline House, to provide
much-needed temporary accommodation for households found
statutorily homeless by Bath & North East Somerset Council. To
find out more about the plans and have your say, visit the Bath
Self Help website:
» Longacre
consultation
Writhlington Plantation
Find out about this award-winning project, which
has transformed the Plantation at Writhlington and download a guide
to the new community area that has been created.
» Writhlington Plantation.
Community Initiatives Grant
Do you have a good idea for your community but need money to do
it?
Somer Community Housing Trust gives up to £500 to support
initiatives which help build strong, sustainable communities in
areas where our residents will benefit.
» Find out
more.
Creating Better Places
There are some important changes to how we deliver your
services. Called 'Better Places', we have developed a new,
neighbourhood-based way of working. Find out who is in your new
Neighbourhood Team and how we will be working with residents to
create successful places where people really want to live.
» Read the news story about the changes.
Consultations
We want your views! Find out about our proposals for a
development at The Hollow in Bath and new bin stores at Snow Hill.
Find out how you can tell us what you think.
» Consultations.
Resident inspectors wanted
Who better to test our customer service than YOU,
our customers?
We want to train residents as mystery shoppers and neighbourhood
inspectors, so you can check whether we are providing excellent
customer services and if not, tell us how we can improve. Find out
more and download an application form here:
» Resident
inspectors.
Find out how to rent a Trust property, organise a transfer or
mutual exchange, or buy an affordable home through New Build
HomeBuy (shared ownership).
Here you will find lots of information about your tenancy and
how we manage your home, the service we provide, how to get
involved, plus information and advice.
On this site, you can also see our latest news and
job vacancies. The 'About' section explains more about
the Trust and you can download useful documents such as our
profile and annual report.
Latest news
Bath & North East Somerset Council Chairman David Bellotti will be at an event to officially mark the completion of a new development, providing much-needed, affordable housing in West Harptree.
Somer Community Housing Trust has chosen Silver Surfers' Day on Friday, 23rd May 2008 to launch a new initiative to help some of its older residents access online services.
A big celebration event to mark the completion of the award-winning Writhlington Plantation project was held on Tuesday, 29th April.