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Rural Homelessness
Lifting the lid on hidden homelessness, a report by Manchester-based charity JustLife was launched this week. The report, which builds on IPPR North’s earlier…
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Rethinking homelessness in rural areas
Idyllic images of rolling hills, countryside pursuits and village life mask can significant experiences of inequality and deprivation to which rural communities are vulnerable.…
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RICS rural Policy Paper
Reporting in Farmers weekly: “The RICS Rural Policy Paper, sets out a number of recommendations as to how central and local Government could better…
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NHF warns about Young being priced out of rural areas
Young people and families will be priced out of rural areas, turning parts of the country into ‘pensioner pockets’, the National Housing Federation has…
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MPs try to protect rural communities affordable housing
A cross-party group of MPs have today brought a bill before parliament to protect rural communities from government proposals which they claim risk “drying…
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House price is 11 times higher than wages in rural areas
The average house price in rural areas is 11 times higher than the average wage in what has been dubbed an ‘unaffordability crisis’. According…
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Study shows rural tenants pushed into poverty by welfare reform
Social housing tenants in rural areas are being pushed into poverty by welfare reform, a study has found. Inside Housing has reported: A report…
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Halifax report says owning a home in the country can be 60% more expensive
Owning a home in the countryside can be 60 per cent more expensive than in Britain’s towns and cities, new research has shown to…
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Innovation in rural housing
Hastoe has lauched its report on innocation in delivering rural hosuing innovationinpracticedeliveringruralhousing2013final_6 The event, hosted by Lord Richard Best, a long-time supporter of the…
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The case for the development of affordable rural housing
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has today published itsreport scrutinising the work of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and…