Your housing prospects
The demand for social housing is very high. Even if you are assessed as a high priority, it could still take a long time for you to be successful. You should therefore consider all appropriate housing options. To help you, this page contains useful information so that you can make an informed decision when placing bids for homes advertised on this website. Please also see the other useful information available on this website.
For the Financial year 2024-2025 (01/04/2025 to 31/03/2026)
There were 13,185 households registered with Homefinder Somerset looking for a home at the end of the reporting period (01/04/2025).
For the financial year 1,707 homes were let. Given this, it would take just under 8 years to house everyone currently registered with Homefinder Somerset.
Over half of households (7,155) registered with Homefinder Somerset need a 1 bed home, but there were only 663 x 1 bed homes let during this period.
Average wait times
The table below shows the average number of weeks households who were housed between the 01/04/2025 - 31/03/2026. The number in brackets shows the number of homes of that size and type let to households in that Band. Households without a band and are let by direct match (e.g., extra care housing for older persons) are not included in the table below.
Please note that the waiting times do not take[Dinto account households who were not successful.
| | No. of homes let | Emergency Band | Gold Band | Silver Band | Bronze Band |
| 1 bed bedsit | 30 | | 116 weeks (19) | 54 weeks (10) | 103 weeks (1) |
| 1 bed bungalow | 188 | 12 weeks (14) | 59 weeks (125) | 98 weeks (42) | 90 weeks (7) |
| 1 bed flat | 404 | 14 weeks (25) | 111 weeks (244) | 67 weeks (90) | 146 weeks (45) |
| 1 bed house | 19 | | 194 weeks (13) | 53 weeks (2) | 21 weeks (4) |
| 1 bed maisonette | 22 | | 128 weeks (16) | 23 weeks (5) | 287 weeks (1) |
| 2 bed bungalow | 113 | 10 weeks (6) | 35 weeks (62) | 79 weeks (43) | 64 weeks (2) |
| 2 bed flat | 284 | 12 weeks (2) | 33 weeks (114) | 79 weeks (148) | 198 weeks (20) |
| 2 bed house | 306 | 16 weeks (6) | 40 weeks (208) | 130 weeks (72) | 196 weeks (20) |
| 2 bed maisonette | 17 | | 20 weeks (6) | 92 weeks (9) | 143 weeks (2) |
| 3 bed bungalow | 1 | | 24 weeks (1) | | |
| 3 bed house | 271 | 19 weeks (6) | 40 weeks (150) | 166 weeks (111) | 224 weeks (4) |
| 3 bed maisonette | 6 | | | 163 weeks (6) | |
| 4 bed house | 24 | 9 weeks (1) | 88 weeks (19) | 75 weeks (4) | |
| 6 bed house | 1 | 12 weeks (1) | | | |
There were no 5 bed homes let in the reporting period
7 of the homes let were fully wheelchair accessible and 11 were partially wheelchair accessible.
Please click here for information on the average waiting times by size of property and area. The data relates to:
- Those areas where 10 or more homes were let between 01/04/2025 – 31/03/2026
- The average number of days those households who were housed waited to be successful and does not take into account those households who were not housed