Category - rural poverty

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17 Nov 2010

Government urged to act on affordable rural housing

The Government should enable affordable rural housing schemes to proceed and not require complex and expensive referenda, church leaders say.
18 Oct 2010

Housing Justice announces new funding for rural homes project

Campaigning churches' charity Housing Justice has announced new funding for initiatives aimed at tackling the growing rural housing crisis.
16 Oct 2010

Church initiatives can help tackle affordable housing crisis

Housing charities want to see churches making their unused land and buildings available to the community in order to tackle the rural housing crisis.
16 Jul 2008

Government asked for prompt action to address rural inequality

A church group has repeated its call for action to end inequality outside Britain's main urban areas. It comes as a new report shows that poverty and inequality are growing in Britain’s rural communities even faster than in towns and cities