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Foresight Paper 5 Living countryside - responding to the challenges of providing affordable rural housing
Publication Year
2015
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Explores affordable housing need and supply in rural areas and the current difficulties in providing this. Considers policy solutions in increasing affordable rural housing including: better funding and guidance; making land available; clarifying rural exception sites policy; exempting rural areas from the proposed extension of 'Right to buy' and also the 10-unit threshold for the provision of affordable housing.
Document History
July 2015 edition. Part of the Housing Foresight Series.
Author
Burroughs, L.
Publisher Information
Campaign to Protect Rural England
The Campaign to Protect Rural England were formerly known as the Council for the Protection of Rural England. They have been campaigning for a sustainable future for the English countryside for 80 years. Their publications highlight threats and promote positive solutions.
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