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26 Oct 2020
Increasing demand for rural properties to increase as pandemic continues
Publications including Farming UK and Somerset Live have reported on new research showing an increase in interest in rural locations among home buyers The papers reported on research from Zoopla...
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19 Oct 2020
City dwellers idealise Britain’s countryside, but there’s no escaping rural poverty
The Guardian’s social policy editor argues that the pandemic has ‘exacerbated’ inequality in rural areas, and calls for a COVID-19 recovery strategy that ‘integrates town and country’ The article notes...
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12 Oct 2020
UK house prices expected to be higher in a year despite crisis
Yahoo Finance reports that estate agents are predicting house prices to be higher in a year’s time despite the economic crisis, with new figures suggesting the recent housing market boom...
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12 Oct 2020
Spotlight on Rural Housing – October 2020
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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12 Oct 2020
Reflections on starting work on the ‘Villlages Together Partnership’ during covid
Article written by Mary Cullen – Community Project Lead at SHAL Housing I applied for the job of Community Project Worker with SHAL and the Villages Together Partnership because I...
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05 Oct 2020
RSN responds to Planning Consultation
The Government recently released a new Planning White Paper – Planning for the Future which has sparked debate across the country about the role of democracy in the decision making...
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05 Oct 2020
Short-term renting and second homes blighting rural areas
The Guardian has reported that city dwellers seeking an escape to the country or a second home in rural areas are ‘warping’ regional economies Since the end of lockdown house...
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28 Sep 2020
New report to boost affordable housing supply published
The Affordable Housing Commission’s new report ‘A National Housing Conversion Fund: buying properties to boost affordable housing supply’ was published last week The report calls on the government to prepare...
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21 Sep 2020
North-south divide in housing targets
The Times has reported on analysis suggesting that a new housebuilding algorithm will mean that northern councils may have reduced house-building targets, while huge numbers of homes are built in...
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14 Sep 2020
Boris Johnson faces Conservative rebellion over plans to build more rural homes
The Mail on Sunday reports that Prime Minister Boris Johnson MP (Con) is facing a mounting revolt within his party over plans to boost house building amid claims the ‘disastrous’...
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