{"id":18349,"date":"2023-09-29T12:47:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T11:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/?post_type=news&amp;p=18349"},"modified":"2023-09-29T12:47:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T11:47:42","slug":"statement-on-behalf-of-back-the-bill-partners-following-submission-of-consultation-response-to-right-to-adequate-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/news\/2023\/statement-on-behalf-of-back-the-bill-partners-following-submission-of-consultation-response-to-right-to-adequate-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement on behalf of \u2018Back the Bill\u2019 partners following submission of consultation response to \u2018Securing a path towards a right to adequate housing\u2019\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Statement on behalf of \u2018Back the Bill\u2019 partners following submission of consultation response to <\/span><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.wales\/securing-path-towards-adequate-housing-including-fair-rents-and-affordability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2018Securing a path towards a right to adequate housing\u2019<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">September 2023<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Back the Bill partners welcome the opportunity of having submitted a response to the Welsh Government\u2019s recent Green Paper and call for evidence.\u00a0\u00a0 While disappointed with the framing of the paper and the lack of focus on the right to adequate housing, our response takes account of the extensive research we have commissioned over the last two years, including an international comparison exercise and a cost-benefit analysis showing significant savings to the public purse.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:264,&quot;335559740&quot;:408}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Housing must appear higher in public policy priorities if we are to address our long-standing housing crisis as quickly as we are able. While ambitious reforms are underway to homelessness provision, together with decarbonisation and retrofit, we currently lack a legally-grounded, coherent framework and cross tenure, long term strategy for suitable homes for all in Wales. A right to adequate housing can helpfully underpin different strands of work while driving additional resource for providers &#8211; alongside increased accountability and scrutiny at a national level. In so doing, we can turbo-charge supply, boost standards, prevent poor outcomes and end homelessness altogether. <\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:264,&quot;335559740&quot;:408}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">We believe that Wales can lead the way in the adoption of an invest-to-save, human rights-based housing strategy and will continue making a strong case for the introduction of a right to adequate housing at the earliest possible opportunity. Everyone in Wales can, over time, have a home that is safe, suits their needs and one that they can afford.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:264,&quot;335559740&quot;:408}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Next week will see the Senedd debate the Local Government and Housing Committee report into incorporating the right to adequate housing in Wales. During the day, we\u2019ll be highlighting the four key changes we feel are needed to realise the right to adequate housing in Wales as well as responding to the debate.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:264,&quot;335559740&quot;:408}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can read our full green paper response here: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Back-the-Bill-response-to-the-Green-Paper-Consultation-Sept-2023.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Back the Bill response to the Green Paper Consultation<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:264,&quot;335559740&quot;:408}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statement on behalf of \u2018Back the Bill\u2019 partners following submission of consultation response to \u2018Securing a path towards a right to adequate housing\u2019\u00a0 September 2023\u00a0 Back the Bill partners welcome the opportunity of having submitted a response to the Welsh Government\u2019s recent Green Paper and call for evidence.\u00a0\u00a0 While disappointed with the framing of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,127,121],"tags":[],"temporary-categorisation-from-im":[114],"class_list":["post-18349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-housing","category-human-rights","category-policy","temporary-categorisation-from-im-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18349"},{"taxonomy":"temporary-categorisation-from-im","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taipawb.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/temporary-categorisation-from-im?post=18349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}