We need action on mental health and homelessness – not another report, argues Antonia Forte. One of the perks of retirement is the ability to take extended and numerous holidays: I took one to California last month. Not a fan… Read more »
Homelessness
Draft Budget safeguards housing support
Funding for housing-related support will be ring-fenced for the rest of this Assembly term under Draft Budget plans proposed by finance secretary Mark Drakeford. Welsh Government had planned to combine ten government grants, including Supporting People, into one ‘super-grant’ for Early… Read more »
A partial debate about the housing crisis
Media narratives about the housing crisis concentrate too much on home ownership and not enough on social housing and homelessness, says Matt Dicks. Many of you may have watched the BBC Wales The Hour programme last month, a debate programme which… Read more »
Joint call for new funding system for housing support
A coalition of ten national housing and support organisations has come together to propose a new funding system for homelessness and housing-related support services ahead of a key debate in the National Assembly. The case for a new Homelessness and… Read more »
Abolish priority need to tackle rough sleeping, say AMs
A National Assembly committee is calling for the abolition of priority need and a series of other changes to reduce the number of people sleeping rough in Wales. In a report published on Friday, the Equality, Local Government and Communities… Read more »
Watchdog urges action on homelessness prevention
More work is needed to prevent homelessness despite good progress so far, says the Wales Audit Office (WAO). A report by the financial watchdog says that much of what causes homelessness is outside the control of councils and Welsh Government… Read more »
Making youth homelessness everybody’s business
Tamsin Stirling blogs on her trip to find out more about how organisations in the United States and Canada are tackling youth homelessness. I feel very lucky to have secured a travel fellowship from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust to… Read more »
Homelessness: changing the law, changing the culture
As England moves to follow Wales on homelessness prevention, Tamsin Stirling says that success requires more than just legislation. I received an email today from Home Connections publicising its HOPE software. This is case management software that aims to support… Read more »
Is an end to homelessness in sight?
Natalie Farr reflects on the first conference held by Crisis in Wales. Crisis, the national charity for homeless people, recently held a conference – its first in Wales – entitled ‘Ending Homelessness: what should change next?’ This was part of… Read more »
Rising to the prevention challenge
Projects working to improve the lives of vulnerable people in Wales have been honoured at the 2016 Promoting Independence Awards. Organised by Cymorth Cymru, this is the 10th year of awards that hail the success of organisations working with maginalised and… Read more »