A new guide challenged traditional methods for estimating homelessness and rough sleeping in rural areas. It said that inadequate counting methods serve to underestimate, or deny the very existence of, homelessness in rural areas and therefore prevent vital resources being allocated to tackle the problem.
Source: David Robinson, Estimating Homelessness in Rural Areas, Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research/Sheffield Hallam University (0114 225 3073)
Links: Press release
Date: 2002-Dec
A report examined ways of providing affordable housing for owner occupation in high-value rural areas (such as the Lake District National Park), and recommended an equity share model.
Source: Jacqueline Blenkinship, Delivering Affordable Housing, Eden Housing Association (01768 861400)
Links: Summary (pdf)
Date: 2002-Dec
The Countryside Agency urged the government to give a concerted push to achieve clear improvements in the delivery of more affordable housing in rural areas.
Source: A Housing Policy for Tomorrow's Countryside, Countryside Agency (0870 120 6466)
Links: Press release/report
Date: 2002-Nov
A report examined ways of delivering supported housing in rural areas.
Source: Support and Housing in the Countryside: Innovation and Choice, Countryside Agency (0870 120 6466), Housing Associations Charitable Trust, and Housing Corporation
Links: Report (pdf)
See also: Journal of Social Policy Volume 31/2, Digest 122 (paragraph 4.7)
Date: 2002-Jun
A housing charity found that one in three rural local authorities fails to provide any emergency accommodation for young people.
Source: Research by Centrepoint, reported in The Guardian, 8.5.02
Links: Guardian report
Date: 2002-May
A report said that rural homes are less affordable than in urban areas, in seven out of eight English regions.
Source: State of the Countryside 2002, Countryside Agency (0870 120 6466)
Links: Report
See also: Journal of Social Policy Volume 31/2, Digest 122 (paragraph 4.7)
Date: 2002-May
