The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has called for better use to be made of Rural Exception Sites to build urgently needed homes, after Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government data revealed it will take 133 years to house people on rural waiting lists. In a letter sent today, the CPRE said that in order to meet its target of building 200,000 new homes by 2020, ministers must make more progress with their commitment to deliver 100,000 affordable homes.
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has called for better use to be made of Rural Exception Sites to build urgently needed homes, after Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government data revealed it will take 133 years to house people on rural waiting lists. CPRE has urged grant funding to be ring fenced in proportion to resident numbers, and said the failure to build more social housing in rural regions had compounded an already challenging situation.