One of the problems with living in a rural community is that, for many who have grown up in the area, the cost of remaining, in terms of housing, is often too high.
 
On Wednesday we officially opened the Flitton and Greenfield housing initiative and with us was a family who have just moved into one of the shared ownership houses.
 
A criterion for living in one of the properties is that you have to have a close link with the village. This guarantees that local homes remain available for local occupancy.

A great afternoon and fantastic to see local people being able to live and work close to the community they wish to live in and not being forced to move to larger urban areas, if they don't want to.