The Spring issue of WHQ is winging its way to readers and will be online this week. The focus is firmly on housing and young people but we also have an interview with housing and regeneration minister, a look forward… Read more »
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Aiming for a balanced view
The true performance of organisations can only be judged over the long term, says Antonia Forte. I once caught an interview (think it was on Radio 4’s Law In Action) in which a British human rights lawyer explained why he… Read more »
Do we really want to play a blame game?
Making sure that residents are safe is the most important thing after the Grenfell Tower fire, not playing a blame game, says Sharon Morden. More than nine months after the tragic events at Grenfell it’s plain to see why the… Read more »
Confidence and trust
Building and retaining trust in the services of housing organisations is more important than ever in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, says Judy Wayne. Governance after Grenfell was the title of the annual Altair/Devonshires seminar, which took place… Read more »
A place to call my own
In a piece cross-posted from her personal blog, Tamsin Stirling reflects on a seminar focussing on housing and homelessness for young people. On Wednesday 31 January 2018, I attended a seminar put on by Shelter Cymru and Bron Afon. It was… Read more »
New issue of WHQ out now
Welfare reform tops the agenda in the Winter issue of WHQ. Here’s a quick preview. In the wake of Westminster government’s u-turn on applying a local housing allowance (LHA) cap to social and supported housing, it’s back to grim reality… Read more »
The C words
What do we really mean by community, consultation and co-production? Keith Edwards minds his language. We’re all adept at jumping on a ‘good’ word and using it to show us in a better light. Take the word community. Someone pointed… 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 »
Learning lessons
What can housing learn from other sectors? Antonia Forte blogs on her experience of collaboration in education in Barry. As some of you will know, I chair the governing body of a secondary school in Barry. Many of the issues… Read more »
Winners revealed in the 2017 Welsh Housing Awards
People and projects from across Wales were honoured in this year’s Welsh Housing Awards in Cardiff on Friday night. Competition for the awards organised by the Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru was fiercer than ever across 13 categories as housing… Read more »