A report (by an official advisory body) said that proposed levels of investment in affordable rural housing by regional assemblies would result in 5 per cent fewer homes being provided in each of the three years to 2011 than annually during 2006-2008. Only a minority of regions had specifically examined the need for housing in their rural areas.
Source: Taking Forward the Recommendations of the Affordable Rural Housing Commission: Final Report, Commission for Rural Communities/Countryside Agency (020 7340 2900)
Links: Report | CRC press release | BBC report
Date: 2007-Nov
A consultants' report examined the way rural issues were being dealt with through regional spatial strategies and regional housing strategies. At regional and local level, there needed to be a much better understanding of the amount of housing (market and affordable) in rural areas which was being sought and which was being delivered.
Source: Three Dragons, Assessing the Rural Content of Regional Spatial and Housing Strategies, Commission for Rural Communities/Countryside Agency (web publication only)
Links: Report
Date: 2007-Nov
A report (by an official advisory body) said that neither the demand nor the need for rural housing had been assessed in a way that provided a clear view of how much housing should be provided in rural areas.
Source: Taking Forward the Recommendations of the Affordable Rural Housing Commission: Progress so far, Commission for Rural Communities/Countryside Agency (020 7340 2900)
Links: Report | Defra press release | Telegraph report | Regeneration & Renewal report
Date: 2007-Jun
A report described progress on the Housing Corporation's strategy for rural housing, launched in 2001. More than 50 per cent of local authorities with the highest ratio of house prices to incomes were in rural areas. Only 11 per cent of homes in rural areas were rented social housing, compared to 21 per cent in urban settlements.
Source: Communities and the Countryside: Rural Housing Strategy, Housing Corporation (020 7393 2000)
Links: Report
Date: 2007-Apr
