Promoting indepdence - helping people 60 and over remain in their own home
A service provided in the Ipswich, Mid Suffolk, St Edmundsbury and Waveney area. For more details please see poster (PDF 4Mb).
Strategic Housing Market Assessment
A strategic housing market assessment (SHMA) is a collection of data and survey information about all parts of the housing market in a particular area. Amongst other things, it helps develop a long-term view of housing need and demand to inform planning policies. All sub-regions across the country have to produce one and they are at various stages of completion.
As part of the Cambridge sub-region, St Edmundsbury has been working with the six other local authorities in the sub-region to manage and administer our SHMA. It is now completed and a link to it is shown below. Because the document is so large, it is available as separate chapters. The SHMA will be updated regularly as new research and data becomes available.
http://www.cambridgeshirehorizons.co.uk/programme_det.asp?id=3678&sec_id=912
Home-Link is here!
From22 February 2008, a new way of letting housing association propertieswas introduced, called Home-Link. This scheme allows you to choose where you would prefer to live from the housing that is available. The schemehas beenintroduced by St Edmundsbury Borough Council and six other local authorities which make up the Cambridge sub-region.
Visit the Home-Link scheme website: www.Home-Link.org.uk
Low cost home ownership - help to join the property ladder
Rising house prices are putting the prospect of home ownership further out of reach for many people in our area. But did you know that help is at hand right on your doorstep? Keyhomes East, a specialist in affordable housing across Central and Eastern England, has helped thousands of people to find a home of their own at a price they can afford. And you could be next!
Keyhomes East is a government-appointed HomeBuy agent, responsible for marketing all low cost home ownership schemes in St Edmundsbury.
For more information visit our Low cost home ownershippage.
