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Wiltshire Council will be investing more into helping people who are homelessness and have been rough sleeping into stable, long term accommodation after being successful in bidding for £1m government funding.

Locals to open their homes during county-wide Green Open Homes week 9 - 17 March 2024.

Wiltshire Council has worked with contractor, Redcliffe Homes and employer's agent, Ridge and Partners, to build three affordable rent and nine shared ownership homes on a section 106 site at Rowden Brook, Chippenham

Wiltshire Council has renewed its housing partnership with the charity Alabaré, to give people in Wiltshire who find themselves homeless, support and accommodation.

More people in Wiltshire are being supported to move off the streets and into their own home with support available for them to make the change a permanent one.

A rare Cruck-framed building at Kings Farm in Winterslow has been given Grade II* listed status after being found to have special architectural and historic interest.

As Salisbury City Council is currently consulting with the public and other stakeholders about its proposals for development at Churchfields, Wiltshire Council has clarified its position on the plans.

Wiltshire Council's Building Control team has won the Best Partnership with Local Authority Building Control award at the LABC Building Excellence Awards

Wiltshire Council is introducing a new single number for its housing enquiries from the New Year. From 4th January the Housing Advice Service will have a single entry point for all enquiries. On that date all old numbers, including different numbers for different areas, will stop working and people can ring through on one number 0300 456 0106.

Wiltshire Council is putting out a call for people considering a career in care to join them in a new service which helps people gain independence after a hospital stay.