Tackling the housing crisis

The latest research from the National Housing Federation shows the South West to be the most unaffordable place to buy a home in the UK. It is the only region with above average house prices, but below average incomes. Over the last five years, the explosion of housing need has led to the number of households on affordable waiting lists growing by nearly 50 per cent – affordable home building is running at less than half the level required to match this need.

Somer is one of the Homes & Communities Agency's
investment partners delivering a programme of new affordable homes across the South West. It has a number of key local authority partnerships and is one of four strategic development partners within Homes West delivering new homes in the West of England.

Funded development pipeline

This table shows a summary of the schemes we are working on.

Redland Housing Association
Scheme Homes and tenure Local Authority
Old Street, Clevedon 5 GN North Somerset
Chancellors Park,
Long Ashton
(Phase 2)
8 GN North Somerset
Davis Close, Bridgwater 8 NBH Sedgemoor
Marsh St, Bristol 11 GN, 3 NBH Bristol
Henry House and Elizabeth Court, Withywood, Bristol 12 GN, 12 NBH Bristol
Victoria Baptist Church, Southville 11 GN, 3 NBH Bristol

NBH = new build homebuy, GN = general needs rented

Somer Community Housing Trust
Scheme Homes and tenure Local Authority
Amberley Close / Lulworth Road, Keynsham (PRC) 43 GN, 11 NBH/RTHB B&NES
Ashlands, Portishead 3 GN North Somerset
Berkeley Gardens, Keynsham 2 GN B&NES
Bryants Avenue 27 GN B&NES
Dallas Road, Chippenham 6 GN Wilts
Davids Road, Whitchurch 39 GN, 6 IR, 11 NBH/RTHB Bristol
Pennyquick View, Twerton (PRC) 45 GN, 11 NBH/RTHB B&NES
Holcombe Green, Weston (PRC) 44 GN B&NES
Lintham Drive, Kingswood (further phases) 6 GN, 6 NBH South Glos
Meridian, Bristol

36 GN, 10 NBH

Bristol
Polestar Purnell, Paulton (further phases) 13 GN, 3 NBH B&NES
Riverside Yard, Radstock 10 GN B&NES
Southgate, Bath 16 GN, 9 NBH B&NES
Southlands, Weston (PRC) 60 GN, 16 NBH/RTHB B&NES
Temple Cloud 7 GN B&NES
The Lawns, Stoke Gifford 42 GN, 16 IR, 14 NBH/RTHB South Glos
Tyning Road, Peasedown St John 8 GN B&NES
Ushers Brewery, Trowbridge (further phases) 18 GN Wilts

NBH = new build homebuy, GN = general needs rented, IR = intermediate rent

Homes & Communities Agency website

For more information, contact development@somer.org.uk

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