LOW-income families face being forced out of the countryside, according to the charity Dorset Community Action.
The group has welcomed a new report on housing policy by the Rural Housing Policy Review Group which says fewer houses are being built in rural areas, and of those fewer are affordable.
DCA chief executive Alex Picot said: “We warmly welcome this report which highlights the difficulties of providing more affordable homes in the countryside.
“Rural house prices have risen 82 per cent in 10 years due to strong demand compounded by years of a shortfall in house building.
“Add to this the lower wages for rural workers and we see local people wishing to buy or rent priced out of the community.”
The charity is campaigning for the government to adopt a strategic, nationwide approach to the provision of affordable homes in rural areas.
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