A report examined the housing needs of older people in rural areas.
Source: Rural Housing, Older People and the Big Society, Housing Learning and Improvement Network/Department of Health
Links: Report
Date: 2010-Dec
A report (by an official advisory body) examined the provision of affordable rural housing through the use of exception sites, section 106 agreements, and local land trusts. It said that there was a 'good and urgent case' to consider how these instruments could be made more effective.
Source: Improving the Effectiveness of Delivering Affordable Rural Housing: Section 106 agreements, rural exceptions sites and community land trusts, Commission for Rural Communities/Countryside Agency
Links: Link removed
Date: 2010-Nov
A report said that providing affordable housing on suitable rural sites created balanced communities, breathed fresh life into rural villages, and could help to ensure that local people could stay in their community whatever their age or circumstances.
Source: Brian Robson, Affordable Housing Keeps Villages Alive, National Housing Federation
Links: Report
Date: 2010-Jul
A report (by an official advisory body) said that recent levels of annual housing supply would not be sufficient to meet the projected levels of newly arising housing demand in rural areas.
Source: State of the Countryside Update: Housing Demand and Supply, Commission for Rural Communities/Countryside Agency
Links: Report | Liberal Democrats press release | Inside Housing report
Date: 2010-Feb
