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Council "invests more into its own housing stock"
General News SA Sam Acourt March 06, 2025 1538

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South Hams District Council is "investing in more council homes for rent as part of its drive to tackle the affordable housing crisis".
Unlocking affordable housing in the South Hams: SHDC sayd "bold moves for a brighter future"
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated February 10, 2025 1939
South Hams District Council is "taking significant steps to ease the pressure on temporary accommodation" and "tackle the affordable housing crisis head-on", with "a variety of important and exciting...
Concerns raised about housing association selling houses during rental crisis
General News SA Sam Acourt November 08, 2024 2430

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Concerns have been raised about housing association LiveWest selling homes in the South Hams during a local rental crisis, LiveWest say they are selling to "invest in our communities"....
SHDC say it is "helping communities to deliver more homes"
General News SA Sam Acourt October 03, 2024 1037

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South Hams District Council are helping communities create more good quality and affordable homes for local people. 
VIDEO: Residents move into new socially rented houses at Holywell Meadow
General News SA Sam Acourt August 15, 2024 2260
South Hams District Council has welcomed its new tenants to Holywell Meadow.
SHDC "launches new housing support for communities"
General News SA Sam Acourt February 07, 2024 1003
In its drive to tackle the housing crisis, South Hams District Council has today launched the South Hams Housing Offer, which "will help local communities deliver more affordable homes...
South Hams District Council is "investing more in local housing"
General News SA Sam Acourt September 21, 2023 2928
South Hams District Council is to boost its stock of homes to address the district’s immediate and future housing needs, a "top priority for the new administration". ...
House prices in Salcombe have doubled in 10 years as it overtakes Sandbanks as top priced town
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated April 11, 2023 1545
Salcombe has overtaken Sandbanks as the most expensive area in the UK to buy a house as it is revealed that prices in the town have doubled since 2012....
District council votes to adopt 100% Council Tax Premium on Second Homes
General News SA Sam Acourt February 16, 2023 1669

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South Hams District Council has formally adopted proposals for second homeowners to pay a fair share of council Tax. 
Local man with locked-in-syndrome turns to Crowdfunding to prevent eviction
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated December 23, 2022 4184
Local man Howard Wicks has turned to crowdfunding to try and ensure he doesn't lose his fully adapted house. 
SHDC votes unanimously to adopt 100% Council Tax premium on second homes
General News SA Sam Acourt December 20, 2022 2211
South Hams’ Full Council has unanimously agreed proposals for second homeowners to pay "a fair share of Council Tax". 
Councils promoting sites for affordable housing in Kingsbridge
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated January 04, 2023 1564
South Hams District Council and Kingsbridge Town Council are inviting expressions of interest to deliver affordable-led housing in Kingsbridge.
South Hams District Council says it is "doing all it can" to help housing crisis
General News SA Sam Acourt December 01, 2022 1215
A year after declaring a housing crisis in the district, South Hams is "working hard to try and help the situation".
SHDC is inviting people to join a scheme for affordable homes in South Brent
General News SA Sam Acourt November 27, 2022 1287
South Hams District Council is "inviting families to join a community led scheme in the South Brent area".
SHDC announces new affordable homes in Ivybridge have been completed
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated June 21, 2022 1763
The first homes on a new "affordable housing" development in Ivybridge have been completed.
SHDC are building their own houses but are they in the right place?
General News SA Sam Acourt May 05, 2022 1640
South Hams District Council are “building their own affordable homes for local people” but many are questioning their location and suitability.
SHDC launches 'step on', which aims to help first time house buyers onto the property ladder
General News SA Sam Acourt April 03, 2022 1225
South Hams District Council has announced the launch of a new scheme to "help would-be buyers step onto the shared ownership property ladder". 
Have your say: tackling homelessness in the South Hams
General News RR Rachel Roberts February 10, 2022 1681

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Have you or friends or family faced homelessness? With spiralling local rents and the increasing cost of living, are you concerned about how you or others can put a...
Up to £5000 Cash Payout for Downsizing to a Smaller Home
General News RR Rachel Roberts January 11, 2022 1486

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South Hams District Council have advised that, ‘South Hams residents are in line for a cash payout worth up to £5,000 if they downsize and free up their home...
Company asks for comment on plans for 35 houses in East Allington
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated March 14, 2022 3393

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A company is asking for local comments as it prepares to apply for planning permission for 35 houses in East Allington.
SHDC says new report outlines "steps taken to address local housing issues"
General News SA Sam Acourt November 24, 2021 1413
Two months after declaring a housing crisis, South Hams District Council is "reviewing what has been achieved so far to help address the situation".
More than £13.5m paid out to South Hams second home owners during the pandemic
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated January 04, 2023 2454
More than £13,500,000 has been handed over to second home owners in the South Hams during the pandemic. 
SHDC refuses planning permission for Alston Gate development
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated September 30, 2021 3093

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South Hams District Council has refused planning permission for the housing development at Alston Gate. 
SHDC declares a housing crisis
General News SA Sam Acourt September 24, 2021 2016

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While many people in the South Hams have been aware there is a housing crisis for months, South Hams District Council has just declared that there is. ...
Funding to support community-led housing proposals is now open for applications
General News SA Sam Acourt September 07, 2021 939

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A fund to help “cover the revenue costs of project-specific activities that will support the development of community-led housing proposals” has been announced. 
SHDC is appealing to landlords to help solve the housing crisis
General News SA Sam Acourt September 03, 2021 1095

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South Hams District Council is appealing to landlords to come forward now to help meet the acute need for homes for fleeing Afghan workers and local families. ...
Young child found washing his sister's hair in a pub bathroom "there is no home for us"
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated August 17, 2021 2490

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A brief encounter with a child has brought the housing crisis in the South Hams into sharp relief for one Kingsbridge resident. 
Social media group is trying to tackle the "housing crisis in the South Hams"
General News SA Sam Acourt Updated April 07, 2021 3979

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A social media group aimed at highlighting the “housing crisis in the South Hams” has gained hundreds of members in less than two weeks, something that the organiser says...
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