FACLT
September 2023 Newsletter
Thank you for reading this newsletter – It’s important for us to have regular contact with our members and the wider Frome community. We’d like to
October 4, 2023
Thank you for reading this newsletter – It’s important for us to have regular contact with our members and the wider Frome community. We’d like to
Frome housing crisis declared by Town Council after successful public meeting!
Frome Area Community Land Trust and Fair Housing for Frome United! Upcoming Frome Housing Crisis Meeting… and Packsaddle Way Planning Application update.
It’s not an either-or situation; developments can provide both homes and green spaces. We must try to address the needs of those living in inadequate, poor-quality homes, paying increasing rent, and lacking security for their families, while continuing to provide green space and habitats for nature.
One of the issues that Covid, or rather, the lockdowns brought into sharp relief was loneliness. If you lived alone during that period, or knew
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, a leading social organisation campaigning against poverty, released its 2023 UK Poverty Report which found that one in 5 people (20%)
December brings national news about raising housing standards in the rental sector, particularly socially rented housing and changes to the Levelling Up bill in respect
We know that housing problems are national, even international, and that Frome shares issues like soaring rents, creeping AirBnB dominance and unchecked growth of empty
Frome Area Community Land Trust (FACLT) held an information session in the council chamber for local councillors this month to deepen understanding of community land
Frome, like most towns in the UK, has a serious affordable housing crisis. Is it possible to meet this challenge while building to low or zero carbon standards? Reports from COP26 and the IPCC, over 2021-22, suggest we cannot afford not to. According to the IPCC, Greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025 and should almost be halved by the end of the decade to give the world a chance of limiting future heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. Any increase above 1.5C is likely to have catastrophic consequences for the stability of our climate.