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 Nov 2025
RTPI Calls for Rural Focus in English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has published an amendment briefing calling for the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill to explicitly recognise and address the needs of rural communities....
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18 Nov 2025
Nature Not a Blocker to Housing
The Environmental Audit Committee has published a report on Environmental Sustainability and Housing Growth, concluding that nature is not a “blocker” to new housing and warning that environmental protections must...
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18 Nov 2025
LGA Warns Of £3bn Temporary Accommodation Funding Black Hole
New analysis from the Local Government Association (LGA) reveals that councils in England are facing a cumulative £3 billion shortfall in temporary accommodation funding between 2017/18 and 2029/30, a gap...
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10 Nov 2025
A Decade Of Affordable Homes Begins. Will Rural England See The Benefit?
The government has launched the full details of its new Social and Affordable Homes programme (2026–2036) described as the biggest boost to social and affordable housebuilding in a generation. Worth...
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03 Nov 2025
Committee Urges Action To Improve Land Value Capture System
The House of Commons Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has published a new report, Delivering 1.5 million new homes: Land Value Capture, examining how reforms to developer contributions could...
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27 Oct 2025
More Than 1 In 4 Brits Live In Homes That Could Make Them Ill
New research commissioned by Health Equals has revealed that 15 million people in the UK live in homes with issues like damp, mould or cold. Those from low-income households, renters...
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27 Oct 2025
Eden Housing Secures £45m Funding To Boost Affordable Homes In Cumbria
Eden Housing, the 2,000-home housing association will use the increased financial capacity to deliver its Business Plan to invest in homes in North Cumbria. This includes building new affordable homes...
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23 Oct 2025
Awaab’s Law: Tackling damp, mould and unsafe housing — and how RISE can help
Damp and mould in a home are not just cosmetic issues — they are serious health hazards that can trigger asthma, respiratory infections, allergies and skin irritation. It can also...
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13 Oct 2025
RSN Joins Sector Call To Unfreeze Local Housing Allowance
The Rural Services Network (RSN) has joined more than 40 leading housing, homelessness, and anti-poverty organisations in signing a joint letter to the UK Government urging action to unfreeze Local...
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13 Oct 2025
£84 Million Injection to Tackle Homelessness
The Government has announced an £84 million package to help councils prevent homelessness and support families this winter. Unveiled on World Homeless Day (10 October), the funding aims to provide...
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