New to the job is a feature where we meet people from across the sector who have taken on a new role. If you want to take part email ben.black@bronafon.org.uk What is your name? Luke Wallace Where do you work and what… Read more »
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New WHQ out now
The January 2019 issue of WHQ is a celebration of the past, present and future of council housing. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the landmark 1919 Housing Act. While local authorities had been building homes since the 1860s, the legislation… Read more »
Impact of Welsh housing associations revealed
Welsh housing associations supported a total spend of £2.3bn and supported 23,000 jobs in 2017/18, according to new economic impact analysis for Community Housing Cymru (CHC). The analysis by Beautfort Research found that associations directly supported 9,000 full-time equivalent jobs… Read more »
New to the job – Robyn Marshall
New to the job is a feature where we meet people from across the sector who have taken on a new role. If you want to take part email ben.black@bronafon.org.uk What is your name? Robyn Marshall. Where do you work and what… Read more »
First minister reshuffles team
Housing has cabinet status and new ministers after reshuffle by the new first minister Mark Drakeford. Julie James becomes minister for housing and local government and a member of the cabinet with Hannah Blythyn as deputy minister for housing and… Read more »
Sex for rent – what you can do to support the campaign
Katie Howells rounds off Housing Women Cymru’s week of action on sex for rent. Sex for rent has been in the media spotlight over the last year as adverts have appeared online offering free or low cost accommodation in return… Read more »
Sex for rent – the true price of poverty
We must work together to raise awareness and end sex for rent, says Elizabeth Taylor. Aged 17, I left my family home; a rough council estate in the North. This was as a result of living in a small three-… Read more »
Sex for rent – the sharp end of the housing crisis
Let’s take action and work for a housing system that does not enable exploitation, says Tamsin Stirling. In November I watched the BBC drama Doing Money. It is about sex trafficking and modern day slavery in Britain and is extremely… Read more »
Safe as houses: Let’s end Sex for Rent
Julie Nicholas explains why Housing Women Cymru is supporting campaigns on issues that take place behind the closed doors of housing. Housing Women Cymru officially launched in 2013. The aim was to bring together housing professionals and activists from across… Read more »
Call for action to End Sex for Rent
A campaign launched this week by Housing Women Cymru, aims to raise awareness and end the offering of accommodation or reduced rent in return for sex or sexual acts. The launch, held at Theatre Soar in Merthyr Tydfil on Monday,… Read more »