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POST EVENT:

PRESENTATIONS

• Martin Collett, Chief Eecutive, English Rural Housing Association, "A Manifesto for Delivering Thriving Rural Communities Through Affordable Housing"

• Patrick Merton-Jones, External Affairs Manager, National Housing Federation, "Why rural communities need a long-term plan for housing"

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  Tom Chance, Chief Executive, Community Land Trust Network, "Community Led Rural Development - Opportunities and Challenges"  

Speakers:

Kerry Booth, Chief Executive, Rural Services Network
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/page/our-team/kerry-booth/

Martin Collett, Chief Executive, English Rural Housing Association
https://englishrural.org.uk/

Patrick Merton-Jones, External Affairs Manager, National Housing Federation
https://www.housing.org.uk/

Tom Chance, Chief Executive, Community Land Trust Network
https://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/
 

USEFUL LINKS FROM THE SESSION

Rural Housing Week 2024

https://www.housing.org.uk/our-work/rural- housing/rural-housing-week/

2 July 2024 Rural Housing Week Webinar

https://www.housing.org.uk/nhf_catalog/event-products/webinars/why-rural-communities-need-a-long-term-plan-for-housing/

RSN Winning the Rural Vote Campaign

https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/winning-the-rural-vote

Affordable Housing Chapter of Winning the Rural Vote Campaign

https://rsnonline.org.uk/images/manifesto-2023/rural-affordable-housing-chapter.pdf

RSN Rural Affordable Housing News Articles

https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/tag/rural-affordable-housing

RSN Rural Housing Analysis

https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/category/housing-insights

Rural Housing Alliance

https://rsnonline.org.uk/rural-housing-alliance

Rural Recovery and Revitalisation: The Economic and Fiscal case for investing

in rural affordable housing

https://rsnonline.org.uk/images/campaigns/pragmatix/2020_10_08_Report_to_CPRE_Engli.pdf

Unravelling a crisis: the state of rural affordable housing in England

https://www.cpre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/State-of-Rural-Affordable-Housing_online.pdf

Rural Exception Sites

https://www.housing.org.uk/rural-exception-sites/#:~:text=Rural%20Exception%20Sites%20are%20small,affordable%20housing%20for%20local%20people

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/housing-needs-of-different-groups#rural-exception-sites      

Homelessness in the Countryside: A Hidden Crisis

https://research.kent.ac.uk/rural-homelessness/home/final-report/

Rural Homelessness Coalition

https://englishrural.org.uk/about-us/research/rural-homelessness-counts-coalition/    

Rural Lens Review on latest DEFRA Rural Proofing Report

https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/rural-lens-review-on-defras-third-rural-proofing-report-for-2024

APPG on Rural Services

https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/category/appg

Rural Services Network Fair Funding Campaign

https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/fairer-funding-campaign

Rural Housing Manifesto

https://englishrural.org.uk/rural-housing-manifesto/

Housing Crisis, what will happen if we don’t act?

https://www.housing.org.uk/resources/the-housing-crisis-what-will-happen-if-we-dont-act/

Investing in social housing could add over £50bn to the economy
https://www.housing.org.uk/news-and-blogs/news/investing-in-social-housing-could-add-over-50bn-to-the-economy/

National Housing Federation - Long term plan for housing
https://www.housing.org.uk/our-work/a-long-term-plan-for-housing/

Community Land Trusts Manifesto 2024

https://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CLT-Network-Manifesto-FINAL.pdf

Examples of CLT schemes

https://wwmartin.co.uk/news/project-completion-coxhill-road-shepherdswell

https://swanagecommunityhousing.org/

State of the Community Land Trust Sector 2023
https://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/State-of-the-Sector-2023-PRESS-1.pdf

CMA finds fundamental concerns in housebuilding market

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-finds-fundamental-concerns-in-housebuilding-market

Britain’s Leading Edge Manifesto

https://www.britainsleadingedge.org/_files/ugd/7a253e_a54965e21847492eaa08de8d14d69548.pdf