Put communities in charge of New Town homes, say housing leaders
Prominent voices from across the housing and political spectrum have called on the government to embed community land trusts (CLTs) into New Town plans.
Prominent voices from across the housing and political spectrum have called on the government to embed community land trusts (CLTs) into New Town plans.
Portland Community Land Trust (CLT) and East Boro Housing Trust (East Boro), part of the Aster Group, have handed over the keys to the first phase of new affordable, energy-efficient homes on Portland’s first-ever Community Land Trust (CLT) development.
Housing association Aster Group delivered 984 new homes in the year ending March 2025.
Local housing association Aster Group has started building its largest delivery of new homes on the site of the former magistrates’ court, police station, car parks and disused land in the Bargates area of Christchurch, Dorset.
Aster Group has been announced as the local housing association that will own and manage the new affordable homes being built by AJC Group on the former Buzz Bingo site in central Bournemouth.
Aster Group has signed contracts with Thakeham, one of the leading housebuilders in the south of England, to build a collection of new 100% affordable homes in Yapton, West Sussex.
A new housing development by David Wilson Homes in Gillingham will see its new homes built with accessible features, thanks to a new partnership with East Boro Housing Trust (EBHT), part of the Aster Group.