The first-ever Housing Community Summit, a collaborative effort by the National Housing Federation and the Chartered Institute of Housing, convened in Liverpool, bringing together the UK’s social housing sector. This landmark event couldn’t have been more timely, coming just two months after Labour’s landslide victory in the general election. The summit offered a unique platform for sector leaders to grapple with the implications of this seismic political shift and to chart a course for the future of social housing in Britain.

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HRH The Princess Royal Opens Pioneering Affordable Rural Housing Scheme in Kent

Carpenter’s Yard in Shepherdswell shows how community action can address the critical under-provision of affordable rural housing.

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, Patron of English Rural Housing Association, has officially opened Carpenter’s Yard, a groundbreaking affordable rural housing development in Shepherdswell, Kent, on Wednesday 11th September 2024.

The scheme, delivered through Kent’s first Community Land Trust (CLT), marks a significant milestone in addressing rural housing needs in a county where average house prices are now 10 times average incomes.

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Celebrating Our Special Recognition at the Kent Housing Group Excellence Awards

English Rural, in partnership with the Shepherdswell with Coldred Community Land Trust (CLT), has been honoured with a Special Recognition Award at the prestigious Kent Housing Group Excellence Awards.

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