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🏡 Rural affordable housing isn’t one-size-fits-all. ✔️ Designed to blend in ✔️ Prioritised for locals ✔️ Backed by communities These homes help people stay near family, work & roots, keeping villages alive. #RuralHousingWeek #SupportRuralLiving #ACRE

🌿 It’s Rural Housing Week! 🌿 Affordable homes are vital to keeping rural communities alive. Without them: • Young people leave • Villages lose schools & shops • Communities fade 💬 What makes your village feel like home? #RuralHousingWeek #RuralHomesMatter #RCCE #ACRE

New Guidance on Social Housing Allocations Read more: Providing social housing for local people - GOV.UK #RCCE #SocialHousing #HousingPolicy #LocalCommunities #AffordableHousing #UKHousing

📢 Mind the Gap — rural communities are falling behind on affordable homes. 🏡 Rural need is 50% higher than urban 📉 Only 9% of rural homes are social housing 🚨 Without action, communities suffer 📘 Search “Mind the Gap English Rural” to read the full report. #RuralHousing

💡 You don’t need to be a housing expert to make a difference. Here’s how to support rural housing: ✅ Talk to your parish council ✅ Respond to surveys ✅ Share facts ✅ Back local schemes Small actions = big impact. #RuralHousingWeek #RCCE #ACRE

🚫 MYTH: Affordable housing ruins the countryside ✅ FACT: It protects it. 🏡 Rural affordable homes are: ✔️ High-quality ✔️ Community-led ✔️ Energy-efficient Let’s build sustainable villages where locals can thrive. 🎥 Watch to learn more! #RuralHousingWeek #RCCE #ACRE #Housing

The need for affordable social housing in rural England is proven, and Rural Housing Enablers are an effective, community-driven solution. You can learn more by visiting our website, or by viewing our video case study: youtube.com/watch?v=Ri_eA7… #RuralHousingWeek

🏡 “We were priced out of renting. Now we have a secure, affordable home in the village I grew up in.” – Abi, Roxwell 👑 Opened by HRH The Princess Royal in 2020 📸 Matt Pereira Photography #RuralHousingWeek #RuralHomesMatter #LocalLives #RCCE #ACRE

As part of #RuralHousingWeek2025, RCCE & @EnglishRural are supporting parishes across Essex to explore affordable housing that keeps communities strong and local ties alive. 💬 Join our free webinar: Mon 7 July, 12–1pm 📧 Register by 4 July: [email protected]

Armed Forces Week 2025 🇬🇧 This week, RCCE proudly honours the dedication and sacrifice of our Armed Forces, past and present. Thank you for your service. 📅 Don’t forget: Armed Forces Day is this Saturday! #ArmedForcesWeek #ThankYouForYourService #RCCE #RuralEssex

Read compelling evidence about how affordable housing in rural areas can be a driver for national economic growth at this fantastic event, attended by HRH The Princess Royal @ACRE_national englishrural.org.uk/affordable-rur… Photo Credit Matt Pereira Photography @EnglishRural

📈 Investing in Rural Homes 📈 Building 10 affordable rural homes boosts the local economy by £1.4 million, creates 26 jobs, and returns £250,000 to the Treasury. 📅 30 April 2025 #RuralHousing2025 Discover more at our conference with @ACRE_national 👇🏼

Dial in and join a host of wonderful speakers, including our own Senior Rural Housing Enabler, Laura Atkinson, as she speaks about how RHEs nationally work with partners to support communities to deliver rural affordable housing.

The Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF) aims to support activities that specifically address the particular challenges rural areas face. Please visit: orlo.uk/Scn9Y The deadline is 31 December 2024.

BUILD monthly drop ins are coming to Nailstone, Ratby & Markfield in January. Come along and chat to the team about connecting with your community by volunteering, getting back in to work or creating a new business #BUILD #VAL #Nailstone #Ratby #Markfield

Our new Chief Executive, Corinne Pluchino has written a blog reflecting on her first 50 days in post. It's a reflection on the circumstances facing #rural communities, how they are perceived, & the opportunity for the new government to bring about change acre.org.uk/blog-a-moment-…

RCCE AGM: we announced the winners of the Essex Village of the Year and Rural Community Awards 2024 to find out more please visit the RCCE website | Rural Community Council of Essex (essexrcc.org.uk) Congratulations to all!

New rural housing design guide! Well designed homes are key to ensure rural communities remain sustainable and thriving. This new toolkit allows communities to feel empowered to ensure their homes are both affordable and beautiful #ruralhousing @EnglishRural

Our new Chief Executive, Corinne Pluchino was on @BBCFarmingToday earlier highlighting the importance of affordable, quality #rural #housing in response to @RachelReevesMP's plans to increase housebuilding