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SDR and partners welcome 6 local families onto the housing ladder

 MOVING INTO NEW AFFORDABLE RENT-TO-BUY HOMES IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS

SDR is a major player in an innovative Devon-based approach to increasing local home ownership that has seen six local families being helped onto the housing ladder.

Keep warm, but save safely as winter tightens its grip

 South Devon Rural is partnering with the Fire and Rescue Service to offer advice to clients and residents as people struggling with higher energy costs try to save money keeping themselves warm this winter.

Junior footballers get their kicks from new ball sponsorship deal

Every time youngsters playing for Morley Rangers Football Club in Plymouth kick a ball, it will be thanks to a sponsorship deal with South Devon Rural Housing Association (SDR). 

Ready, Able and mobile!

HIGHTECH MOBILITY DEVICE IS UP AND RUNNING AFTER BIG
COMMUNITY FUNDING BOOST

A young tenant at a Dartington apartment block for people with learning difficulties can now extend his independence even further than he dreamed possible when he first moved into his ground-floor ‘independent living’ rooms. 

South Devon Rural 'proud' to play part in easing pain of district's homes crisis

SDR HAS KEY ROLE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST RISING RISK OF HOMELESSNESS

A South Devon housing charity boss says she’s proud of the contribution her organisation is making in the battle against the region’s housing crisis and the threat of rising homelessness following a “perfect storm” of conditions putting pressure on people needing a home.  

At last! Elmhirst Court officially opened

DARTINGTON COUNCILLOR PERFORMS RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY DELAYED BY COVID

SDR forms new partnership with rent-to-buy champion Rentplus

SDR has formed a new partnership with Rentplus-UK to offer more affordable rent-to-buy homes across the whole of Devon, plus parts of the east side of Dorset and Somerset. 

SDR boosts fund for Able's stand-up mobility 'segway'

The village of Dartington took a young resident to their hearts as they watched him bounce back from the devastating impact of a potentially killer disease.

Now the village is backing Able Sharp again as he launches an ambitious fund-raiser for

Change at the helm of Rural Homes Limited

 Alan Fox retires on 31 January as Managing Director of Rural Homes Limited (RHL), the development arm of SDR, where he has worked since August 2015.

SDR welcomes tenants to new Cornish scheme

 SDR has welcomed the first set of tenants to occupy a brand new housing scheme that it will be managing at Ruan Minor in West Cornwall.