We are a specialist rural housing association that has successfully built, managed and improved affordable homes in rural areas since 1984.

We only build homes in rural areas and currently have 430 properties across 55 separate villages in Wiltshire, Swindon and Somerset.

Our stated purpose is:

To be a trusted provider of excellent services and affordable, sustainable homes, working together with rural communities.

We pride ourselves on providing a high quality, personalised and responsive service that meets the needs of our residents. We understand local issues and have a record of supporting residents to help them sustain their tenancies. This has resulted in high levels of satisfaction and engagement.

Our Purpose and Values support our work and set our strategic direction. These have a strong rural focus, not just about the provision of housing, but also maintaining the vitality and viability of rural communities.

In celebrating 40 years of excellent service we are determined to maintain our ethos of putting our residents first by:

• Ensuring properties are only let to people in housing need with a local connection.
• Working with local town and parish councils to provide new, modern rented homes where possible.
• Ensuring empty properties are attended to, allocated and let to the new resident as quickly as possible.
• Helping to adapt homes where possible to meet current and future resident needs.

House prices and private rents in rural villages are out of the reach of many on low incomes and we are committed to providing much needed affordable homes and keeping villages sustainable.

We are a charity registered with the Regulator of Social Housing, a Community Benefit Society and a member of the National Housing Federation.

Discover our affordable housing portfolio here 

Watch a film about our first 40 years.