The Rural Experience: Focusing on the rural housing crisis

An affordable housing development
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Thursday, 8th January 2009 at 9:37am

We're bringing together executives from across the housing, economic and finance sectors in an attempt to help tackle the rural housing crisis.


The lack of affordable housing is one of the most pressing issues facing rural communities. This Rural Experience visit to Essex will give key decision-makers the opportunity to see and hear directly about some of the issues facing rural communities.


We're asking the participants to consider how their organisations can rural proof their activities to improve the delivery of affordable rural housing, both individually and through working collectively.


The visit is being led by Sir Bob Kerslake, Chief Executive of the Homes and Communities Agency.


Find out more about the Rural Experience

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Find out more about our work on housing in rural areas and our work to take forward the recommendations of the Affordable Rural Housing Commission

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Comments

1
Although the problem of affordable housing in rural areas is very acute, the eco-towns programme is definitely not the answer.  In Leicestershire, there is a 10 year supply of housing with planning permission, but only 3-4,000 being built each year (30% affordable) before the current credit crunch.  Builders need more financial security from central Government, and certainly not an even bigger mountain to climb - i.e. eco-towns.      [KF, Leicestershire County Councillor]
Posted by Kevin Feltham  at 3:10pm on Thursday, 8th January 2009
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Thanks for your comment Kevin. We'll pass this on to the team, so they can share it with the visit participants.
Posted by  at 3:13pm on Thursday, 8th January 2009
3

Following yesterday's visit, this morning's Farming Today programme discussed some of the issues, and spoke to Sir Bob Kerslake.


Listen again to the programme on the Farming Today website

Posted by  at 11:40am on Friday, 9th January 2009

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