Working in partnership

The involvement of a housing association, working with us  and the Homes and Communities Agency, is the most effective way of delivering affordable housing.

The involvement of a housing association at the beginning of the design process is strongly recommended to ensure full compliance with development standards.

North Somerset Council has carried out a formal selection process to identify strategic and local partners. These partners make up the HomesWest and Local Tier Development partnerships, as identified below.

HomesWest

• Somer Housing Group
• Knightstone Housing Association
• Sovereign Housing Association

Local Tier Partnership

• Somer Housing Association
• The Guinness Housing Trust
• Raglan Housing Association
• Knightstone Housing Association
• Alliance Homes (formerly NSHousing)

We are in the process of implementing a new West of England wide Housing Delivery Panel, which will supersede both the HomesWest and Local Tier Partnerships.

The new Housing Delivery Panel should be in place by October 2011.