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All the evidence suggests that there are particular challenges of a lack of affordable housing in parishes with a population of fewer than 3,000. Only 9% of housing stock in such parishes is owned by local authorities or housing associations, compared with 17% in urban areas. New build rates of affordable housing in these rural communities are also much lower, reflecting the constraints on delivery. As a result, the calculations of “affordable housing need” show that the need is far greater in rural parishes than urban.