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27 Jul 2023
Rural Housing Week 2023 Round Up
National Rural Housing week was held from the 3-7 July, the week kicked off with the launch of the Rural Homelessness Counts Coalition, a pioneering initiative aimed at tackling the hidden...
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03 Jul 2023
RSN joins major Coalition to combat escalating rural homelessness crisis
In the face of a rapidly escalating rural homelessness crisis, a powerful new coalition is launching today. The ‘Rural Homelessness Counts Coalition’ is a collective of more than 20 leading...
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06 Jun 2023
Rural Housing Crisis Deepens Amidst Rising Cost of Living
RURAL HOUSING CRISIS DEEPENS AMIDST RISING COST OF LIVING: A DEEP DIVE INTO THE 2023 RURAL COST OF LIVING SURVEY The below article was written by David Barrowcliff from English...
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26 Apr 2023
Shocking report reveal a growing, invisible homelessness crisis on our countryside
A shocking new report has uncovered a devastating, yet hidden, wave of homelessness sweeping through our rural areas. This alarming surge in countryside rough sleeping, intensified by the cost-of-living crisis, is tearing...
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20 Mar 2023
Chronic increase of ‘hidden’ homelessness in the countryside fuelled by cost-of-living crisis, ground-breaking report shows
A year-long study exposes a surge in rural rough sleeping since the pandemic has been worsened by the cost-of-living crisis According to analysis of official statistics, rough sleeping in rural...
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27 Feb 2023
The challenge of rural decarbonisation
Jill Starley-Grainger from elemental details how switching to cleaner forms of energy presents unique challenges for those who live off the gas grid in rural areas. Part of this article can...
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02 Feb 2023
Rural Roots: How Exception Sites and Section 106 Agreements keep local people in their Communities
Rural Exception Sites (RES) and Section 106 Quota Sites (S.106) are two ways that affordable housing can be built in rural areas. Building affordable housing in rural areas is important...
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26 Oct 2022
Cost of living crisis – a perfect storm for increase in rural homelessness
New research being conducted by the University of Kent and the University of Southampton has found that the cost-of-living crisis and the critical shortage of affordable homes has increased rural homelessness. Interim...
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03 Oct 2022
Rural homelessness increasing due to cost-of-living crisis, research finds
New research being conducted by the University of Kent and the University of Southampton has found that the cost-of-living crisis and the critical shortage of affordable homes has increased rural...
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03 Oct 2022
Sleeping in barns – homeless in the countryside
The BBC have reported on the interim findings of research into Rural Homelessness, commissioned by a rural taskforce. The research is being carried out by University of Kent and the...
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