Rural Affordable Housing
Rural communities are grappling with a severe affordable housing crisis, marked by high house prices, elevated living costs, and lower incomes, threatening their sustainability and vitality.
31 Oct 2022
A new leadership for rural?
Blog Post by Kerry Booth, Chief Executive Designate of RSN As we prepare again at the RSN to write to the new group of Ministers, setting out the case for...
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31 Oct 2022
Hardship and heartbreak as Devon families lose homes to Airbnb lets
The Guardian reports from key workers to bar staff, parts of county increasingly off limits as landlords and investors cash in Some of those who have been evicted are living in...
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31 Oct 2022
Rishi Sunak: Extra council tax on second homes and help to level up Cornwall
Cornwall Live reports that Rishi Sunak has said that he wants to “press ahead” with giving local councils more powers to charge second homeowners more council tax to create a...
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31 Oct 2022
Call to give Suffolk £3.7billion for better transport, internet and affordable homes
East Anglian Daily Times reports that a Suffolk MP has given the government’s plan to ‘level up’ rural communities a B grade, saying “we need to keep up the pressure”...
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26 Oct 2022
Ready, Able and mobile!
HIGHTECH MOBILITY DEVICE IS UP AND RUNNING AFTER BIG COMMUNITY FUNDING BOOST A young tenant at a South Devon apartment block for people with learning difficulties can now extend his...
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24 Oct 2022
How Airbnb-next-the-Sea is taking over the Norfolk coast
The Eastern Daily Press reports how new figures reveal the rapid expansion of ‘Airbnb-next-the-Sea’, as growing numbers of landlords on the Norfolk coast turn to the online portal to rent out their properties Campaigners...
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24 Oct 2022
UK’s first rural affordable Passivhaus scheme continues to perform well after 10 years
A 10-year assessment of the performance of the UK’s first rural affordable Passivhaus scheme has found that it continues to meet expectations and perform as designed The assessment of the...
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10 Oct 2022
Call for Rural to be at the heart of the journey to Net Zero
The impacts of dangerous climate change will affect all communities. This much is already clear from the rural impacts of increasingly frequent storm damage, flood events and periods of drought....
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10 Oct 2022
Uttlesford celebrates sustainable standard of new social homes at High Easter
The development of 4 new sustainable homes for social rent was celebrated by the community of Uttlesford District on Monday 10 October 2022 The new homes in the village of...
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10 Oct 2022
Spotlight on Rural Housing – October 2022
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...
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