Glastonbury Festival goers quizzed on housing dreams

The results of a survey carried out during Glastonbury Festival is now being examined after 14 volunteers including three staff from Somerset-based Mendip Housing have spent last weekend quizzing Glastonbury Festival goers on their hopes and dreams for their housing future. Festival organiser Michael Eavis asked local housing association Mendip Housing to help him find out from the crowds what they thought about affordable housing and what their current and future housing needs were after he decided to make affordable housing one of the themes of this years event. Mr Eavis is campaigning to improve access to local affordable housing and wanted to put the might of Glastonbury Festival behind his quest to get more people to recognise the problems facing young people trying to get their own home. During the festival, the band of... [read full story]