‘Right to adequate housing’ in Welsh Labour & Plaid agreement
The ‘Back the Bill’ campaign has warmly welcomed the commitment to a White Paper on proposals to introduce the right to adequate housing in Wales. The commitment features as part of a wider co-operation agreement between Welsh Labour (in government) and Plaid Cymru, covering 46 policy area. The White Paper is also set to include […]
Tai Pawb welcomes publication of new affordable housing standard
Welsh Government has this week published its new standard for affordable housing in Wales. The Welsh Development Quality Requirements 2021 (WDQR21) – ‘Creating Beautiful Homes & Places’ – aims to “set a bold new standard for new affordable homes” and “promotes low carbon designs”. The standard will be introduced from 1 October 2021. Throughout its […]
Community collaboration: CAPITAL report published
Public Health Wales and Tai Pawb are pleased to announce the publication of the report from the CAPITAL project, which ran from 2019-2021 with support from the Health Foundation. The project brought together two distinct groups of people in the Morriston area of Swansea: people seeking sanctuary and social housing tenants. Through facilitating asset-based workshops, […]
TAI PAWB STRATEGY 2021-26 PUBLISHED
Tai Pawb is pleased to announce the publication of Housing for All: shaping, making and being the change, its new five-year strategy to 2026. Borne out of extensive engagement with people from across the housing and equalities spectrum, the strategy is a true representation of both the challenges and opportunities facing us in the coming […]
Building a Nation of Sanctuary – a joined up approach
Tai Pawb has been working in partnership with several other organisations on an exciting project called ‘Building the Nation of Sanctuary – a joined up approach’. This project aims to provide asylum seekers and other migrants with no recourse to public funds access to safe, secure, and decent homes as well as working to improve […]
Cadwyn achieves QED Award
Cardiff-based housing provider, Cadwyn Housing Association, has been successful in achieving a prestigious and nationally-recognised equality and diversity mark for social landlords. The QED Award, developed by Welsh housing charity, Tai Pawb, provides a comprehensive framework for improving the equality and diversity impact of an organisation. Awarded by an independent panel, it considers on strategic areas such as governance, leadership and culture as well as customer-facing service provision, including […]
Right to housing backed by key signatories
THE campaign to recognise housing as a fundamental right in Wales has been boosted by the backing of key signatories. Back the Bill here Releasing the names of principal supporters on Human Rights Day (10 December) – including signatories from housing, elected representatives and commissioners, academia, the charity and third sectors – ‘Back the Bill’ […]
Social landlords urged to tackle lack of flooring in new-lets
Providers of social housing in Wales are being urged to tackle the lack of flooring provision in newly-let accommodation following new research into its impact on health and wellbeing. Currently, it is common practice for social landlords to let accommodation without providing furnishings, including carpets or alternative floor coverings. However, research undertaken jointly by tenant […]
Local housing provider achieves national equality mark
Social housing landlord, Merthyr Tydfil Housing Association (MTHA), has been successful in achieving a prestigious and nationally-recognised equality and diversity mark for housing providers. The QED Award (Quality in Equality and Diversity), developed by Welsh housing charity, Tai Pawb, provides a comprehensive framework for improving the equality and diversity impact of an organisation. Awarded by […]
Housing organisations urge politicians to “Back the Bill”
Back the Bill to end Wales’s Housing and Homelessness crisis All political parties in Wales are being urged to “Back the Bill” and commit to a legal right to adequate housing in their 2021 Welsh Parliament Election manifestos. And today (8 Oct) they have been shown a route-map to that legislation with the publication of […]