Brightness on the Edge of Town

Funding for Community Land Trusts and other forms of community housing has in the past been welcomed in the form of the Community Housing Fund, but the discontinuation of this fund and the lack of a suitable replacement imperils efforts of communities to come together and provide affordable housing to the benefit of their locality. [...] The former exist under the remit of a park authority, each of which is composed of members and officers that set policies, use resources, and carry out decisions in order to “conserve and enhance the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage of the area” and “to promote opportunities for the understanding and enjoyment of the parks’ special qualities by the public”19. [...] Due to the high tourism intensity in rural areas and the reliance on the tourism sector for diversification of industry, rural areas are disproportionately susceptible to changes in tourism, as evidenced by the impact of the pandemic on the industry as outlined previously in this report. [...] • Funding for Community Land Trusts and other forms of community housing has been welcomed in the form of the Community Housing Fund, but the discontinuation of this fund and the lack of a suitable replacement imperils efforts of communities to come together and provide affordable housing to the benefit of their locality. [...] Control of these organisations is placed in the hands of the local community, where all decision-making is undertaken democratically from the inception of the group to the various stages of development, to the ongoing upkeep and future progress of the CLT.