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.
26 Apr 2021
Small villages could soon find it easier to provide affordable housing for local residents
South Somerset District Council is asking the Government to designate most of its parishes as ‘rural’, in a move to help provide affordable homes for local residents, according to Somerset...
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26 Apr 2021
Raising the bar on energy-efficient, affordable rural homes to help meet zero carbon targets
Hastoe have launched their New-Build Standard, setting out the minimum requirements for all our new homes Hastoe Development Director Ulrike Maccariello explains: “We have always delivered beautiful, affordable homes that...
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26 Apr 2021
Warning over picturesque countryside at risk of being spoilt by housing developments
There has been a 129 per cent increase in developments planned on greenfield land, putting them at risk of ‘rapid and reckless’ projects, according to new data from the Campaign...
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12 Apr 2021
Covid causing over-60s to move to rural areas
Older people have become more likely to move to the countryside whilst younger people are more often choosing to live in towns, according to the results of a survey published...
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06 Apr 2021
London is worst-performing region as UK house prices fall
The Guardian has reported on a ‘surge’ in the numbers of people who have moved out of London and other urban areas, or are planning to do so, after concluding...
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06 Apr 2021
Spotlight on Rural Housing – April 2021
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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29 Mar 2021
Far more renewables needed in UK homes to meet net-zero target
The slow uptake of small-scale renewables has created energy ‘forests’ and ‘deserts’ across the UK, a new report has revealed in Euronews and Heating, Venting and Plumbing magazine The study...
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22 Mar 2021
10 rural areas with the biggest property price increase in the UK
Country Living reports that rural property prices are at ‘an all-time high’, as Britons moved out of city apartments to escape to the country in lockdown this year House prices...
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15 Mar 2021
Rural property prices have risen by 20.8 per cent in the last five years
UK Investor Magazine reports that the average price of a rural property has risen by 20.8 per cent over the last five years, 3.3 per cent higher than in urban...
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08 Mar 2021
Government urged to “give people in villages the same opportunity as those living in bigger towns and cities”
MPs call for rural-urban parity at conference aimed at revitalising rural Warnings of cost of lack of transport and broadband infrastructure on communities further isolated by COVID-19 Government urged to...
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