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Aberdeenshire Rural Housing
Enabler
supporting rural communities in Aberdeenshire to develop affordable
housing solutions
Emma Binns
Email:
emma@ruralhousingscotland.org Tel:
07825232329 Skype:
rhsemma
The Aberdeenshire
Rural Housing Enabler project aims to improve affordable housing
opportunities in rural Aberdeenshire by raising awareness of housing
options, identifying rural housing needs, and helping to find
solutions to increase the range of affordable housing available in
the area.
The Rural Housing
Enabler works with communities, landowners, Aberdeenshire Council,
housing associations and others to deliver more affordable housing
options in rural Aberdeenshire.
The Rural Housing Enabler project
provides free practical help to
rural communities in Aberdeenshire to help secure the development of
affordable housing.
The project aims to improve the
uptake of housing grants in rural Aberdeenshire by providing advice
and information on rural housing options such as Rural Home
Ownership Grants, the Rural Homes for Rent scheme, Rural Empty
Property Grant as well as council and housing association
development.
The project helps ensure that the
housing needs of rural communities are identified and that
investment is targeted towards meeting housing need in rural
Aberdeenshire.
The Aberdeenshire
Rural Housing Enabler Project is an initiative run by the Rural
Housing Service, and funded by Aberdeenshire Council, Cairngorms
National Park, the MacRobert Trust and the SRPBA. The Rural Housing
Service is a national charity which helps rural communities across
Scotland to develop practical solutions to local housing problems.
Aberdeenshire
RURAL HOUSING
ENABLER
services
The Aberdeenshire Rural Housing
Enabler project provides a wide range of services to both rural
communities and individuals:
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information
and advice on
housing options, housing grants and planning policy
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support for new
affordable housing
development in rural communities through community initiatives,
housing association development, renovation of empty properties,
private sector initiatives and low cost home ownership development
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undertaking
housing needs surveys and
feasibility studies to demonstrate the need for housing investment
in small rural communities
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developing
new ideas to tackle housing problems.
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building
partnerships between
communities and local authorities, housing associations and
private sector to resolve local housing needs
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helping families to get
land and grants to build
their own home
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finding funding for
community housing
initiatives
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undertaking
research
on
rural housing problems
Aberdeenshire
RURAL HOUSING ENABLER
project aims
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New affordable housing to rent
and buy built in rural Aberdeenshire
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Increased ability of rural
communities to participate in identifying and developing solutions
to local housing needs.
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Greater awareness within rural
communities of housing options and solutions.
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Better knowledge amongst
housing providers of the housing needs of remote and rural
communities
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Improved partnership working
between communities, housing associations, the Aberdeenshire
Council, Scottish Government and the private sector to deliver new
housing options in response to housing needs identified.
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Increased reuse of empty
properties for affordable housing and better uptake of renovation
grants
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Improved uptake of housing
grants to help local people build their own homes
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Greater diversity of affordable
rural housing solutions in rural Aberdeenshire
If you would
like the help of the Rural Housing Enabler Project to develop
solutions to housing issues in your community please contact Emma
Binns, the Aberdeenshire Rural Housing Enabler.
email:
emma@ruralhousingscotland.org
tel:
07825232329
skype:
rhsemma
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