Rural Housing
The affordability of rural housing to people from a range of ages and backgrounds is key concern for RSN.
14 Mar 2022
Rural communities let down by broken planning system
Property Reporter reports that the Country Land and Business Association, which represents 28,000 rural businesses and landowners in England and Wales, has called on the Government to overhaul its approach...
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07 Mar 2022
Work begins on multi million pound project to build affordable housing in Norfolk village
Norfolk Live reports that work has got underway on a £9.7 million project to build 73 new affordable homes near Norwich The development will be delivered by United Living New...
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28 Feb 2022
Soaring rural rent prices force locals into living in a Airbnb
The BBC reports how a Cornish resident has been forced into living in an Airbnb due to soaring private rent prices As a Cornish painter and decorator, Heath Robinson spends...
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21 Feb 2022
North Devon Homes £4.7m funding win for energy improvements
North Devon Gazette reports that North Devon Homes, along with other social housing providers, have helped to secure £4.7 million of funding for energy improvements to properties across the South...
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14 Feb 2022
Huge rise in £1 million homes across the UK
The Times reports that one in 42 homes in Britain is worth £1 million or more, with about 80 per cent of new “property millionaires” created in the past year...
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03 Feb 2022
Rural Homelessness Focus of New Study
Rural homelessness is an unseen crisis in the countryside, driven by limited access to services and an absence of affordable homes. The extent of the crisis is unclear as limited rural data...
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24 Jan 2022
Spotlight on Rural Housing – January 2022
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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17 Jan 2022
Holiday lets ‘are strangling rural communities’ in Cornwall
Farmers Weekly and Cornwall Live report on new data revealing how rural families are being deprived of housing by a 1,000% surge in the number of short-term lets and holiday...
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10 Jan 2022
The dark side of country living
The Telegraph reports on the division between more deprived rural areas of the country like Cornwall, where it sets out the “contrast between the luxury hotels and the many on...
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07 Jan 2022
An Analysis of Additional Affordable Housing
The following analysis shows the total additional affordable dwelling completions provided by local authority areas. The analysis looks at the provision of additional affordable housing over the years 2009/10 to...
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