Nearly 700,000 people are now stuck on waiting lists for an affordable home in rural England – the National Housing Federation and Campaign to Protect Rural England warned today. Over the last five years, the number of people waiting for an affordable home in country areas has soared by 37%, up from 507,757 in 2003 to 695,735 last year. That means that on average 14,494 people have been added to housing waiting lists in rural areas every month over the last four years. The situation is now so serious that the Federation and CPRE are today launching a charter, Save Rural England, Build Affordable Homes, containing an eight point blueprint, setting out how the supply of affordable homes could be significantly, and appropriately, increased in rural communities.

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29 September 2008
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