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Future governments must tackle rural homes crisis, says charity

CPRE issues plea as more than 300,000 people await social rented housing across English countryside

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 2 min read
CPRE says governments can no longer ignore the rising rural housing crisis
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CPRE says governments can no longer ignore the rising rural housing crisis

The ‘soul is being ripped' out of rural communities owing to a lack of affordable homes, crippling housing waiting lists and stagnating wages, a new report has revealed. According to the CPRE study,...

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