Hopes Glengarry's affordable woodland homes scheme could provide answers to Scotland's rural housing crisis"It's very exciting," said Colin Grant, a fifth-generation farmer in Glengarry near Fort William. Grant has seen his community dwindle over the decades but now the village is at the centre of a novel experiment that could help repopulate the Highlands.Local people in Glengarry are creating woodland crofts in nearby forests - affordable family homes designed for craftspeople, carpenters and small-scale farmers, using a shared ownership model designed to combat the soaring costs of scarce rural homes. Continue reading...
How community crofting experiment could help repopulate the Highlands
10. ledna 2023 17:30
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Zdroj: The Guardian