Westcountry Housing. . .

. . . provides good quality affordable homes to people throughout Devon and Cornwall. We are a truly local organisation (established in 1965) and deal in a hands-on way with local housing issues providing more than 4,500 homes in the region. We offer a variety of housing including affordable rented accommodation, shared ownership properties, sheltered and supported housing; as well as advice and support services.   Westcountry Housing is also a member of Westward Housing Group, and with Tarka Housing, the Group provides and manages more than 6,000 homes in Devon and Cornwall.


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WH Calendar 2009 Cover

Read our annual report residents' summary for performance statistics from our housing services, supported housing, resources and asset management teams.

A project involving and supporting Westcountry's Black and Ethnic Minority (BME) residents

Westcountry Housing, a member of Westward Housing Group, is committed to equal opportunities.

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Allocations Policy

At Westcountry, we do not maintain our own waiting list but either receive nominations from local housing registers or advertise vacancies through choice based letting schemes. When we receive nominations we then check the applica...

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Government Launches Mortgage Rescue Scheme

On Friday 16th January Government launched the Mortgage Rescue Scheme (MRS), a new £200m package of measures designed to prevent some of the most vulnerable families losing their homes and experiencing the trauma of repossession. ...

Pottery Quay community centre launch

New Community Centre for residents of Regeneration Site at Pottery Quay in historic Devonport, Plymouth

The newest and longest standing residents, tiny Shay Taylor and Mrs Eileen Hancock, marked celebrations of the new community centre and play area at our new urban regeneration project homes.

Our Service Standards and Performance Indicators

We have agreed with residents a list of facts and figures that indicate how well we are managing to involve residents.

Plans for the coming year

We formally meet with our actitive residents annually to review the impact resident involvement has had in the past 12 months and to plan our priorities for the coming year. As a Resident Involvement Team we also have a 5 year s...

South West Homes -THE low cost home ownership provider in the south west

Owning your own home is still within reach.

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TARKA HOUSING WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PRINCE'S TRUST

Tarka Housing is part of Westward Housing Group, in equal partnership with Westcountry Housing.

Annual summary calendar cover 2008

The annual summary is in the form of a calendar this year - not only informative but useful for the whole year!

Read our annual report residents' summary for performance statistics from our housing services, supported housing, resources and asset management teams.

Housing With Respect leaflet

Values and Commitment

Valuing diversity and ensuring equality opportunities are fundamental to the way we work at Westward. We recognise the contribution made by diverse communities to our local areas’ economic, social and cultural well being. We st...