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Rural Affordable Housing Session

The Speaker Presentations can be downloaded below:

Kevin Garvey, Head of Member Relations, National Housing Federation "Understanding the challenges and opportunities for rural affordable housing delivery" (Download presentation here) - View Kevin Garvey's biography here

Helen Fielding, Director of Development and Investment, Broadacres Housing Association "Challenges facing rural housing associations" (Download presentation here) - View Helen Fielding's biography here

Alex Rehaag, Principle Affordable Housing Officer, South Hams District Council and West Devon Borough Council & Christine Phillipson, Chairman, Newton and Noss Community Land Trust "Delivering rural housing to suit all - A Different Approach" (Download presentation here) - View Alex Rehagg's biography here - View Christine Phillipson's biography here

Speakers:

To find out more about the speakers click on the following links:

Kerry Booth, Chief Executive, Rural Services Network
https://rsnonline.org.uk/the-national-rural-conference-2023-speaker-biographies#kerry-booth

Kevin Garvey, Head of Member Relations, National Housing Federation
https://rsnonline.org.uk/the-national-rural-conference-2023-speaker-biographies#kevin-garvey

Helen Fielding, Director of Development and Investment, Broadacres HA
https://rsnonline.org.uk/the-national-rural-conference-2023-speaker-biographies#helen-fielding

Alex Rehaag, Principle Affordable Housing Officer, South Hams & West Devon Councils
https://rsnonline.org.uk/the-national-rural-conference-2023-speaker-biographies#alex-rehaag

Christine Phillipson, Chairman, Newton and Noss Community Land Trust
https://rsnonline.org.uk/the-national-rural-conference-2023-speaker-biographies#christine-phillipson

Useful links from the session:

Winning the Rural Vote – Road Map
See our rural housing asks at:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/winning-the-rural-vote  

RSN Fair Funding Campaign:
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/page/fairer-funding-campaign   

RSN Levelling Up Research:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/category/levelling-up-analysis

Rural as a region: the hidden challenge for Levelling Up:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/images/publications/rural-as-a-region-the-hidden-challenge-for-levelling-up.pdf

RSN Rural Lens Reviews on government policies and strategies:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/tag/rural-lens   

Rural Cost of Living research:
https://rsnonline.org.uk/images/publications/rural-cost-of-living.pdf

Rural Cost of Living Survey Findings:
https://www.rsnonline.org.uk/rural-households-left-feeling-isolated-by-the-cost-of-living-crisis

National Housing Federation:
https://www.housing.org.uk/

Why we need a long-term plan:
https://www.housing.org.uk/long-term-plan

Broadacres Housing Association:
https://www.broadacres.org.uk/

Increasing affordable housing in the countryside:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/sep/increasing-affordable-housing-countryside-rural-exception-sites#:~:text=Embracing%20the%20Rural%20Exception%20Site,the%20English%20Rural%20Housing%20Association

Inspector back affordable homes policy:
https://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/inspector-backs-affordable-homes-policy/

Rural Housing Alliance:
https://ruralhousingalliance.net/

Community led housing at Collaton Park, Devon:
www.collatonpark.com

A Different Approach Housing:
https://adahousing.co.uk/

National Community Land Trust Network:
https://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/

Two Generations Homeshare:
https://twogenerations.co.uk/

Citizens Advice - Local Housing Allowance:
https://wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/why-the-freeze-on-local-housing-allowance-is-unsustainable-125f84cddeca

SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS
A huge thanks to our Conference sponsors and supporters:
BT https://www.bt.com/
Gemserv https://gemserv.com/
Northern Powergrid https://www.northernpowergrid.com/ 
SWS Broadband https://www.swsbroadband.net/
NICRE https://nicre.co.uk/

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