Rural Housing Scotland is a national charity which supports community action on rural housing issues, helping develop community led housing initiatives and campaigning to secure more affordable housing in rural Scotland. We undertake a range of activities to deliver rural housing:
Community Led Housing
- Working with communities to tackle their housing challenges
- Help communities secure funding for affordable housing from the Rural & Islands Housing Fund and other sources
- Help communities to find land for affordable housing and support applications to the Scottish Land Fund
- Undertake housing needs assessments /consultation
- Assess the viability of community led housing solutions
- Explore options for community assets transfers to provide housing
- Develop business plans for community housing
- Support community and individual self-build
- Investigate new ideas like mutual home ownership coops
- Advise on allocations and local lettings Support communities to drive the change that they need
Community Engagement
- Providing information and advice on housing options to communities and supporting community engagement with housing providers.
- Organise public meetings and events
- Hold housing advice surgeries
- Meet with community trusts, community councils and other organisations
- Social Media promotion
Championing Rural Housing
- Ensuring rural communities’ voices are heard nationally
- Develop new ideas to solve rural housing issues
- Campaign for a fair share of investment in rural Scotland
- Help ensure land reform secures land for housing
- Promote the role of housing in rural regeneration
- Provide a link between the most remote communities and all levels of government
- Organise Scotland’s leading Rural Housing Conference