Tell the council to build social housing in Bridport!

We the undersigned urge Bridport Town Council and Dorset Council to take urgent steps to enable  the building of homes for social rent for local residents of working age. Too many of our young people, including young families, are living in overcrowded housing, insecure private rentals or even forced to sleep in their work vans. Too many have been forced out, even though they work here. The town is becoming  ‘unbalanced’, with too many retirees. Dorset Council did not take the opportunity to buy Jewson’s in July 2024, and this and other sites, Mountjoy School and J.C. Phillips, have gone to luxury retirement flats. The new Labour government is providing councils with more finance to build social housing and our councils need to prioritise homes for local residents of working age from now on.

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