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We’re kickstarting the next phase of our campaign for the right to a good home in Wales. So, today, alongside partners CIH Cymru and Shelter Cymru, we launch our Road Map! Our Road Map to the right to adequate housing will show the difference it could make in Wales. Rather than presenting this as having … Continued
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by Jayne Malenfant, McGill University, Montréal, Canada As of 2019, Canada’s National Housing Strategy Act (NHSA) commits our government to the progressive realization of the right to housing. The Act ties access to housing to broader social, economic, health, and environmental goals and human rights, nationally and internationally. Highlighting community knowledge as integral to … Continued
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Tai Pawb’s David Rowlands sat down for a coffee with Jill Wadley; a disabled person, with experience of the housing sector to discuss her story and how she feels a right to adequate housing could make a difference in Wales… First things first, having just met you I can tell you are originally from … Continued
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A blog by Anna Tuhey, our PRS Champions Manager, alongside partners at Care and Repair. Find out more about Anna’s work and project here. At Tai Pawb, we describe adequate housing a ‘home that is safe, secure and suitable’. A suitable home meets our needs – both physical and psychological – and allows us … Continued
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Tai Pawb Launches Ready for Housing Framework and Evaluation Paper on Comic Relief Funded Project In 2021, Tai Pawb embarked on a project to raise awareness among housing providers, build the capacity of refugee organisations in housing support, and increase the availability of housing for refugees and asylum seekers asked to leave Home Office accommodation. … Continued
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For International Day of Older Persons on 1st October, we asked Sian Evans from United Welsh to talk about some of the work they are doing to support their older LGBT+ residents. I’m Siân, Living Well Manager for United Welsh. The Living Well team provides specialist homes and services for people aged over 55, … Continued
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In the revised Welsh Housing Quality Standards (WHQS) – due to be launched by the end of October – the framework outlines that “at change of tenancy, all habitable rooms… located within the home should have suitable floor coverings”. Under the existing framework – which has been in place since 2002 – there has been … Continued
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To coincide with the release of ‘Housing for disabled people: A toolkit for local authorities in Wales‘, we take a look at the importance of accessible homes. Mark Gibbons is an active member of the Melin Homes Disability Access Group and is enthusiastic about the need for accessibility for everyone. We asked Mark what accessibility … Continued
