Meeting the needs of our residents with affordable housing

September 6, 2017 in News

There must be more that we can do to meet the needs of residents with affordable housing right? Well today on my journey home from London, I read this article.

If you want to skip to the interesting part - the article discusses Community Land Trusts. Is this the way forward for to help people get their foot on to the property ladder at realistic prices?

More information on Community Land Trusts here - http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/

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James Newport

Essex County Councillor for Rayleigh North, Rochford District Councillor for Downhall & Rawreth and Rayleigh Town Councillor for Sweyne.