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Housing associations (HAs) within North Somerset
provide affordable homes to people in housing
need.
Also known as registered social landlords (RSLs), they are
non-profit making organisations who work in partnership with us to
provide affordable housing.
They provide homes for people who we nominate for housing
through our Housing
Needs Register or those from their own waiting lists.
They develop a wide range of accommodation with some
specialising in supported housing while
others provide homes for older people or families usually for rent
or shared ownership.
They do this by putting forward proposals for identified
development sites and responding to requests for certain types of
housing in particular areas.
However, we decide which projects will fulfil the identified
housing need.
HAs fund their projects using their own funds or via the Housing
Corporation's
National
Approved Housing Programme (NAHP).
Any NAHP-backed projects must be supported by our Strategic
Housing Service and meet our
North
Somerset Housing Strategy and Regional Housing Strategy
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