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.
10 Jan 2022
The dark side of country living
The Telegraph reports on the division between more deprived rural areas of the country like Cornwall, where it sets out the “contrast between the luxury hotels and the many on...
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07 Jan 2022
An Analysis of Additional Affordable Housing
The following analysis shows the total additional affordable dwelling completions provided by local authority areas. The analysis looks at the provision of additional affordable housing over the years 2009/10 to...
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04 Jan 2022
First Homes Report Published
On 28 December 2021 Government requirements for the provision of First Homes as part of affordable housing contributions came into effect Apart from some areas where transitional arrangements will apply,...
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04 Jan 2022
North Yorkshire’s rural communities need a long-term strategy
The chairman of a commission has claimed in the Yorkshire Post that deeply ingrained issues blighting rural communities will only be resolved with a long-term vision spanning at least the...
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04 Jan 2022
Devon housing association’s latest venture ‘a gift to the community’
A small independent housing association in South West England ended 2021 on a high, with completion and occupation of 11 new ‘Stepping Stone’ apartments for people with learning difficulties at...
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20 Dec 2021
CPRE – Housing Crisis
The CPRE, (the Countryside Charity), have recently published… You often hear people talk about a housing crisis, and addressing it is something that we at CPRE are passionate about. We’ll explain...
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06 Dec 2021
Rural retirees ‘can end up in unsuitable, unsafe homes’
The Telegraph reports on warnings from The Social Market Foundation think tank that elderly people can end up in oversized or unsafe homes if they retire to the countryside Scott...
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22 Nov 2021
Rural Homelessness Focus of new Study
Rural homelessness is an unseen crisis in the countryside, driven by limited access to services and an absence of affordable homes The extent of the crisis is unclear as limited...
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22 Nov 2021
CPRE launch Recycling our Land Brownfields report
The CPRE last week held an event launching their latest report Recycling our land – State of Brownfield 2021 The event was chaired by Emma Bridgewater, CPRE President and featured...
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15 Nov 2021
Regeneration of brownfield sites is creating much-needed housing
The Metro reports that according to the Campaign for Rural England (CPRE), nearly 21,000 brownfield sites of different sizes are registered on local authority databases in England, with the capacity...
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