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Housing
01.11.2018
1st November 2018 Keyte Gardens, Warwickshire Rural Housing Association (WRHA)’s innovative new development in Wootton Wawen, is officially the Best Green Scheme in the UK! The ground-breaking scheme, which was opened by HRH The Princess Royal in...
29.10.2018
Councils could generate £320 billion for the UK economy over the next 50 years if they were able to build more high-quality council housing, according to the Local Government Association. Research carried out by the LGA and Capital Economics...
29.10.2018
ITV reports on claims from campaigners that plans to build a million new homes between Oxford and Cambridge, nicknamed The Oxford-Cambridge Arc, would destroy an area of countryside roughly the size of Birmingham (67,000 acres). Analysis by the Campaign...
22.10.2018
15 years ago Norma’s front door was boarded up after the glass was smashed and she’s lived with this ever since. She’d reported it to us and we’d asked for a crime reference number so that we could do the...
15.10.2018
A quarterly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network and produced in partnership with the Rural Housing Alliance, highlighting a selection of current rural housing issues and opportunities Social Housing Green Paper – views sought...
15.10.2018
PoliticsHome reported on a fringe event at the Conference organised by the CPRE and the National Housing Federation looking at the best way to increase the number of affordable homes in rural England. Neil O’Brien, MP for Harborough, highlighted...
08.10.2018
There was broad media coverage of Theresa May’s speech at the Conservative Party Conference, during which she announced that she is lifting the borrowing cap on local councils to help solve the housing crisis. Scrapping the cap means that...
09.08.2018
The energy efficiency of housing stock might indicate both the quality of housing stock in an area and the relative prosperity of the residents, and their financial ability to maintain their homes. As such, the below analysis is an interesting...
06.08.2018
The Green Belt remains under severe pressure, despite government commitments to its protection, according to a new report. Published by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), the annual State of the Green Belt report says 460,000 homes are...
30.07.2018
Rural communities are coming together to improve their quality of life but feel as though they are becoming more remote, suggests new research. The public survey looking in to how life is experienced in rural areas of the UK was conducted by the...
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Public Sector Funding
The RSN demands fairer funding from Central Government who have historically and systematically underfunded rural areas.
Barriers to Access
The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
Future of Rural Areas
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
Health and Wellbeing
The RSN wants to ensure rural communities have the same access to health care as is currently received in urban areas.
Vulnerability
Tackling a collection of circumstances which leaves many rural residents vulnerable is a key issue for the RSN.
Housing
The affordability of rural housing to people from a range of ages and backgrounds is key concern for RSN.
Economy
The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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