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Aberdeenshire Rural Housing Enabler Project
Moray Rural Housing Enabler
Project
Rural Housing Service
Annual
Conference 2009
26/27
February 2009
The Birnam
Institute, Birnam, By Dunkeld
The
Rural Housing Service Annual Conference will take place on the 26
& 27th February 2009 at The Birnam Institute, Dunkeld.
This year the
conference will focus on
housing finance - how
we deliver affordable rural housing in a time of constraint in
funding from government and finance from the private sector.
John Swinney MSP,
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth
has been invited to give the keynote speech to the conference and
Roseanna Cunningham MSP, Convener of the Rural Affairs and
Environment Committee
asked to outline the findings of the recent Rural Housing Inquiry
undertaken by the Committee.
The workshop
sessions will examine a range of crucial issues in delivering
affordable rural housing such as the impact of HAG reform, new
funding models, the Rural Homes for Rent pilot, local occupancy
conditions, community engagement, modernising the planning system,
and community energy.
The main Conference
programme will take place on Friday 27th February
at the Birnam Institute. The Conference begins on Thursday 26th
February 2009 with a tour of innovative housing projects in Highland
Perthshire followed by the Conference Dinner at the Royal
Dunkeld
Hotel.
The Rural Housing Service
conference is unique in the diversity of organisations it
attracts. It provides a forum where people interested in rural
housing from across sectors, tenures and across the country can
come together to share ideas.
We have once again kept conference
costs low - the day delegate rate for housing association members
is £100 and we are offering a 10% discount for bookings received
before the end of November. A booking form is available
here.
A final programme will be available
by the end of November
Read the Rural Housing Service
response to the Scottish Government discussion paper:
Firm Foundations: the future of housing
in Scotland.
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