Rural Housing Service
Annual
Conference 2009
26/27
February 2009 Birnam
Institute, Birnam, by Dunkeld
Programme
Please click here for
more information on the Rural Housing Service Conference 2009
The Rural Housing Service
Conference took place 26/27 February, and Presentations from the
Conference Speakers can be found
here
The influential event, the largest of its kind in Scotland,
focused on how we deliver affordable rural housing in a time of
constraint in funding from government and finance from the private
sector. Gordon Campbell, Head of Social Housing at
Dunfermline Building Society outlined some new ideas in
housing finance whilst Peter MacDonald, Operations Director of Fyne
Homes and
Aidan Grisewood, Director - Social Housing Division, Scottish Government,
discussed whether affordable rural housing development is still possible
under the new grant regime. Dr Mark Bevan of the University of
York outlined the findings of his review of the work of
Rural Housing Enablers and two Enablers highlighted their role
in delivering affordable rural housing in Scotland.
The workshop sessions included a look at the use of local
occupancy restrictions to give priority to local people; plans
from North West Mull Community Woodlands Company to build
houses for rent and sale in the local forest; support from Community
Energy Scotland for local renewable energy projects; the
Scottish Government proposals to establish a National Rural
Network to bring rural communities together; details of the Highland
Housing Fair, Scotland's
Housing Expo; and plans to establish Learning
Networks to improve regeneration policy.
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