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001			ABS67432
008			040203n2003 000 0 eng u
035			_a(Sirsi) u124981
100			_aCramb, A.
245			_aParliament is failing to recognise landowners' important housing role
260			_c2003
490			_aLandowning in Scotland _v(278) December 2003/January 2004,16-17(2)
520			_aContends that the vital role of landowners in providing affordable housing in rural Scotland has not been recognised or publicly supported. The private sector accounts for 56% of rented stock in communities of 1 000 people or less compared with 12% of all rented housing. Most public housing funding is channelled through Communities Scotland, the government agency, who has directed almost all of the funding to housing associations that only provide 2% of rented rural property. This is at a time when the demand for affordable rural homes is increasing. Proposes that landowners are in the best position to deliver these rented homes
590			_aABS
650			_aCOMMUNITIES SCOTLAND
650			_aSCOTLAND
650			_aLANDOWNERS
650			_aRURAL HOUSING
690			_aHOUSING-DEVELOPMENT
942			_n0
999			_c74092 _d74092