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.
24 May 2021
Rural Review of the Queen’s Speech 2021
At the State Opening of Parliament on Tuesday 11 May, the Government, through the Queen’s Speech, set out its priorities and programme for the coming session including the legislation it...
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17 May 2021
RSN to produce a Rural Lens review of the Queen’s Speech
The RSN will produce a Rural Lens Review of the Queen’s Speech and the Government’s supporting document for circulation with the Bulletin next week Our overarching comments at this stage...
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17 May 2021
How do we build more homes in the countryside?
The Times reports on proposed ways of building more homes in the countryside without ruining it, following increased levels of ‘urban flight’ caused by the pandemic The report notes that...
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17 May 2021
Johnson’s planning laws an ‘utter disaster’, say countryside campaigners
The BBC and the Guardian have reported that the Government has confirmed that MPs will vote on a controversial overhaul of England’s planning system within the next year The Planning...
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10 May 2021
Reactions to Right to Buy Changes
The Rural Services Network recently consulted its members, directly involved in housing provision, on Government’s intentions to change aspects of the Right to Buy Regulations. To read RSN member feedback...
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10 May 2021
Urban Flight – move to rural homes only for well off, says think tank
Think tank, The Resolution Foundation, has published new research in Estate Agent Today suggesting that ‘urban flight’ – when people leave cities and head for towns and villages – is...
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04 May 2021
Rural households can’t afford net-zero plans
93 per cent of rural off-grid households would not be able to afford the estimated average cost of a heat pump system, according to a new poll published in the...
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28 Apr 2021
Thames Valley Community-Led Housing Festival
Thames Valley Community-Led Housing Festival10-14 May 2021 The festival will be an opportunity for different groups to meet, learn from one another and enhance community-led housing as a way to...
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28 Apr 2021
How affordable rural homes change lives and communities (New Forest Focus)
English Rural held the first of a series of planned, regional webinars which focused on how affordable rural housing changes lives and communities. The first session had a particular focus...
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26 Apr 2021
Government Response to Consultation on Changes to the Planning System
Some Good News but a need to remain vigilant The Government’s response to the Consultation on Changes to the Current Planning System has now been published and there is some...
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