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.
26 Apr 2021
Government Response to Consultation on Changes to the Planning System
Some Good News but a need to remain vigilant The Government’s response to the Consultation on Changes to the Current Planning System has now been published and there is some...
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26 Apr 2021
Small villages could soon find it easier to provide affordable housing for local residents
South Somerset District Council is asking the Government to designate most of its parishes as ‘rural’, in a move to help provide affordable homes for local residents, according to Somerset...
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06 Apr 2021
London is worst-performing region as UK house prices fall
The Guardian has reported on a ‘surge’ in the numbers of people who have moved out of London and other urban areas, or are planning to do so, after concluding...
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01 Mar 2021
Budget’s case for levelling up rural areas
An article written by Graham Biggs (Chief Executive of the Rural Services Network) has been featured by the The Yorkshire Post and this can be read below. The Rural Services...
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01 Mar 2021
Letter to Housing Minister from APPG for Rural Services
Following an All Party Parliamentary Group meeting for Rural Services, the Chairman Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP wrote to the Minister for Housing to consider: The importance of rural exception...
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22 Feb 2021
Chancellor must do more to tackle rampant rural disadvantage, campaigners urge
New economic research reveals government spending per person on public infrastructure is 44% higher for urban areas than it is for rural areas. Rural Services Network, Britain’s Leading Edge, CPRE,...
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09 Feb 2021
UK-wide events to inspire and support delivery of community-led affordable homes in rural communities
Jo Lavis, ACRE’s rural housing advisor blogs ahead of the UK Rural Housing Summit 2021 and explains why groups should attend. Across the country rural communities are responding to the...
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23 Nov 2020
House prices rise as COVID-19 sparks rural relocation
The BBC and Independent have reported that house prices in the South West of England have risen the fastest in the country in the last year as homeowners have sought...
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28 Oct 2020
Rural homelessness doubles since 2018 according to rural campaigners
‘Investing in affordable rural housing will level up and turbo charge the rural economy’ according to new research from CPRE, the countryside charity, English Rural and the Rural Services Network...
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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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