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NRHA raises gas safety awareness
17 Sep 2018
We are joining organisations across the UK in raising awareness during Gas Safety Week (17th – 23rd September). Now in its eighth year, Gas Safety Week, co-ordinated by Gas Safe Register, brings thousands of organisations together to focus on the dangers of poorly maintained gas appliances, which...
NRHA provides evidence to Rural Economy Select Committee
03 Sep 2018
Northamptonshire Rural Housing Association is submitting evidence to the Select Committee on the Rural Economy to show the importance of affordable housing on the rural economy. Working with our partners in the Rural Housing Alliance, we will be providing a joint response to the Select Committee’...
Walgrave community welcomes more homes
17 Jul 2018
Work has now begun in earnest at Northamptonshire Rural Housing Association’s new affordable housing development in Walgrave. Four years ago, the Walgrave community gave their full support to NRHA’s first development of 11 affordable homes. Yet local people are still being forced to move away fr...
First Little Addington Development gets underway
06 Jul 2018
NRHA’s latest development of affordable homes has got underway, with the official start on site event taking place during Rural Housing Week. Representatives from East Northamptonshire Council and our partners, Orbit and RDC, joined us in marking work beginning at Little Addington, our first deve...
Four generations mark Rural Housing Week
04 Jul 2018
Four generations of one family have been brought together by our brand new affordable housing development in Yarwell. Four-year-old Isabella Lovett and her 78-year-old grandma, Jean Perry, are living proof that housebuilding in rural areas is helping communities to survive and thrive. Isabella an...
Affordable homes are transforming lives
03 Jul 2018
Rural Housing Week provides a great opportunity for housing associations, such as NRHA, to illustrate the difference they are making to local communities and lives. For too long, there has been a view that affordable housing is necessary – as long as it’s not built in my village. But this year,...
Let's celebrate Rural Housing Week!
29 Jun 2018
Rural Housing Week 2018 kicks off today – and Northamptonshire Rural Housing Association has plenty of reason to celebrate! The national event aims to demonstrate the positive value of housebuilding in rural areas and to show why the idea of NIMBYism – Not In My Back Yard - is simply outdated. An...
Rural Housing Week countdown beings
19 Jun 2018
Plans are well underway for Northamptonshire Rural Housing Association’s week of celebration to mark Rural Housing Week 2018. This year, Rural Housing Week takes place from 2nd to 6th July and aims to highlight rural housing issues as well as showcasing housing associations’ innovative solutions...
Office closed for Bank Holiday - 28th May 2018
25 May 2018
Our offices are closed on Monday 28th May 2018 If you are a resident with an emergency repair, an emergency repairs are those needed to avoid immediate danger to your health and safety or serious damage and destruction to your home. This includes things like:- total loss of water (please check...
New home helps road to recovery
21 May 2018
Thanks to Northamptonshire Rural Housing Association, David Tilley is getting back on his feet following a stroke. The 78-year-old was struggling to cope in the flat in Braunston he had rented privately for the past 10 years when NRHA came to his rescue. David says: “My landlord said I was his lo...