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Our latest recession report to the Secretary of State: Rural housing
We've submitted the 5th of our regular reports to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the rural impacts of the recession. Our briefings help inform his contribution to the National Economic Council, which meets weekly to consider impacts of the recession and recovery measures.
Our latest report examines housing in rural areas. Since we last focused on housing in December we have seen:
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A continued fall in rural house prices, sales and demand for land with housing potential
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Despite this, rural affordability remains a greater problem than urban and this is exacerbated by credit limitations and increased deposit requirements
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Lack of affordable housing options for the increasing number of rural residents made homeless
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Rural repossessions rising at nearly double the rate for England as a whole during 2007 and 2008.
Read our latest report to the Secretary of State
Please keep your contributions for our reports coming. Your submissions and evidence are central to helping Ministers and decision makers hear the rural voice.
