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Housing Needs are once again at the top of the Councils/Government agenda. We currently have over 20 applicants on our register requiring everything from 1 to 4 bedroom properties, our recent Housing Survey confirmed our own thoughts on what housing is required. (Copy of the full report is available on this site)  

We are constantly trying to increase our stock of properties by either renting at affordable rents on behalf of private landlords or developing our own stock for rental.  Funding is just one of the problems that hold us back; we do however have some very generous supporters who we would like to thank. If you feel that you could help us in any way please give us a call, we are especially looking for anyone who could give us some pro-bono consultation on planning, architecture, surveying for 2 projects that we have coming up.

Our fundraising and social events are still proving to be very popular, our various stalls and Bring & Buy sale during the recent Wells Carnival proved to be very fruitful raising well in excess of £1000.  Thank you again to all those who helped during the week.

Look out for our up and coming events – which include a Curry & Choral evening. More information on the Whats On page of this site.

Housing Needs Survey - The feedback from our Housing needs survey has had over a 10% return rate and we will now start to collate the information and publish the results.  Thank-you to all who took the time to complete the form – funding applications require up to date information which necessitates these surveys.  We were fortunate enough to obtain a grant to cover the cost of this survey enabling us to ring fence fundraising and donations direct to property purchase/refurbishment.

HfW Properties - We have currently an offer on a property in Wells and should soon complete the purchase.  The property needs a little TLC but we anticipate it should be ready to let it out later this year.

The property we had gifted to us, by the late Frank Dye, is nearly ready for us to take on and start the process of renovation etc.

Applications - Our application list is still growing and we are endeavouring to secure more suitable properties to rent out but with the current climate of cut backs and funding for housing needs being affected, we have to find ways to challenge these projects.  We are meeting with an organisation called Foundation East to see what resources they will be able to provide us with.  Our application forms can be obtained from our website: www.homesforwells.co.uk from the Sackhouse or Wells PO or Library.