homelessness

Helping homeless rough sleepers

The Homeless Rough Sleepers Nursing Service for Somerset are a team of 13 who provide outreach healthcare to some of the county’s most vulnerable people. We were runners up for

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Round up from #RuralHousingWeek

Last week, the RSN and many of its members proudly supported Rural Housing Week. Led by the National Housing Federation, the week aimed to shine a spotlight on the housing

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homelessness

Rural Homelessness raised in Parliament

In the last week, Sir John Hayes posed a written question to the Government asking: “To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to reduce homelessness in rural areas.”

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Helping homeless rough sleepers

The Homeless Rough Sleepers Nursing Service for Somerset are a team of 13 who provide outreach healthcare to some of the county’s most vulnerable people. We were runners up for

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Round up from #RuralHousingWeek

Last week, the RSN and many of its members proudly supported Rural Housing Week. Led by the National Housing Federation, the week aimed to shine a spotlight on the housing challenges facing people and the true depth of the homelessness crisis in rural areas. 

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RSN backs calls for better affordable housing in rural areas as part of Rural Housing Week 2023

This week the National Housing Federation (NFH) is running its annual campaign which highlights the challenges facing rural areas when it comes to housing.  There have been some truly dreadful statistics released as part of this around the hidden homelessness crisis facing rural areas.  This is despite news from the Government this week about energy caps and improved fundings for high-quality, energy efficient new affordable homes.  Great headlines, but what sits behind them for our rural communities?

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