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Cornwall Rural Housing Association

Cornwall Rural Housing Association (CRHA) is a charitable housing association registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1965 to 1978.

CRHA was formed in 1985 with the specific aim of building houses for rent in the rural areas of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The houses are let to local people in housing need.

The Association is run by a voluntary Board of Management comprising of people with a wide variety of experience in different fields. The Board meets approximately every two months to decide policy and monitor progress.

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CRHA employs three full-time staff - the Director, Finance Officer and Housing Officer - and a part-time Clerical Officer. All staff work from our offices located near to Bodmin Parkway Station. The Director has overall responsibility for the day to day affairs of the Association.

Funding was obtained from The Tudor Trust, Cornwall County Council and DEFRA for a two year project to promote the development of Community Land Trusts in Cornwall and the Cornwall Community Land Trust Project ran for two years until April 2008. We are grateful to The Tudor Trust for giving a further grant to help us to continue employing our Community Land Trust Project Manager to provide services to the newly established Cornwall Community Land Trust. 

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Funding for new developments is provided by way of capital grants from the Housing Corporation and local authorities which are supplemented by loans raised from financial institutions. These loans are repaid from our rental income, which also has to meet the costs of maintaining and managing the properties.

The Housing Corporation also monitors the work of the Association to ensure that we are meeting the standards expected of an organisation in receipt of public funds.

Since its formation CRHA has completed 36 developments in village locations ranging in size from 1 property up to 12. The Association currently has 239 homes in management and the following homes under construction:

  • 4 homes at Old Canal Close, Marhmachurch

  • 7 homes at Blisland (plus 6 for Cornwall CLT) - completion due March 2009

The Association is committed to providing good quality rented accommodation that complements the areas in which it works. Its success in meeting this commitment is reflected in the various awards that have been received for the following developments:

  • Launceston Civic Society Architectural & Conservation Award 2006 for Hendra Garth, Tresmeer
     

  • Country Land & Business Association Award (2002) and Cornish Buildings Group Award (2000) for Lizard village 
     

  • Caradon Design Award (1999) and Cornish Buildings Group Award (1999) for Pelynt.
     

  • Cornish Buildings Group Award (1993) for St Mawes "...for the unpretentious and imaginative design of the Porth View rural housing scheme".
     

  • Caradon Design Award (1993) for Harrowbarrow.

  • Council for the Protection of Rural England Architectural Award (1993) for Harrowbarrow "...for a contribution to the quality of buildings in a rural landscape".

We are also committed to providing dwellings with low running costs and our recent developments at Morwenstow, Goonhavern, Kilkhampton, Tresmeer, Delabole and on the Isles of Scilly were fitted with ground source heat pumps, with some properties also having rainwater harvesting and solar thermal systems installed.

We were pleased to see our efforts on St Mary's recognised in the recently published Draft Sustainable Energy Strategy for the Isles of Scilly, which contained a detailed reference to our new development and stated that:

 “These buildings are setting the benchmark for future development on the Islands”.

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Cornwall Rural Housing Association Ltd. is a charitable Industrial and Provident Society (Registered Number 24935R)

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Cornwall Rural Housing Association Ltd. is a charitable Industrial and Provident Society (Registered Number 24935R)