{"id":5420,"date":"2022-09-27T00:29:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T23:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whq.org.uk\/?p=5420"},"modified":"2022-09-26T16:34:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:34:44","slug":"right-to-adequate-housing-would-save-billions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whq.org.uk\/2022\/09\/27\/right-to-adequate-housing-would-save-billions\/","title":{"rendered":"Right to adequate housing ‘would save billions’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introducing a right to adequate housing in Wales would generate billions of pounds worth of savings over the next 30 years, says independent analysis for supporters of the policy.<\/p>\n

The headline finding from the Back the Bill campaign comes from the second phase of research<\/a> into the social and economic impacts of a right to adequate housing in Wales.<\/p>\n

Commissioned by the Back the Bill<\/a> partners (Tai Pawb, Shelter Cymru and CIH Cymru), the independent analysis by Alma Economics \u00a0identifies benefits to the public purse worth \u00a311.5bn against overall costs of \u00a35bn over a 30-year period.<\/p>\n

That means that every \u00a31 spent on the right to adequate housing would generate \u00a32.30 in benefits. And it is projected that the benefits could start to outweigh costs after just six years.<\/p>\n

According to the analysis, the right to adequate housing would save<\/p>\n