Lampeter – Jac o' the North

The Road To Hell

Jac — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 10:00:50 +0000

The previous post got considerable attention and it also unlocked fascinating new information. And that explains this follow-up. Which I hope will result in further revelations. ◊ WHERE ARE WE? In the previous post I dealt with the Bryn Cadwgan wind farm planned by Galileo Green Energy. This is a Swiss company that set up …

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Anti-Social Housing and Other Rackets

Jac — Wed, 04 May 2022 08:00:36 +0000

INTRODUCTION Everyone I think accepts that in Wales we have a dysfunctional housing or property sector; one not fit for purpose, and one that certainly doesn’t serve the needs of the Welsh people. But I’m not simply talking about holiday homes and English migrants squeezing us out of the private housing market, though that is …

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Housing Associations, a broken model

Jac — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 09:00:11 +0000

PLEASE APPRECIATE THAT I GET SENT MORE INFORMATION AND LEADS THAN I CAN USE. I TRY TO RESPOND TO EVERYONE WHO CONTACTS ME BUT I CANNOT POSSIBLY USE EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION I’M SENT. DIOLCH YN FAWR ♦ In an earlier post I dealt with Wales & West Housing, a housing association that has branched …

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Snippets and Updates 19.04.2018

Jac — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 00:45:54 +0000

I’ve neglected you in recent weeks, relying on two excellent guest posts from Brychan Davies and Aled Gwyn Jôb. But now I’m back. With a vengeance! Though this offering is long, over 3,000 words, it’s made up of six different items, so you can take them one at a time if you like. Enjoy! ◊ …

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Publicly-funded Poverty

Jac — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 22:30:56 +0000

THE PUBLICLY-FUNDED THIRD SECTOR HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS In my previous post, Anti-Welsh Housing Associations, I told you about Wales & West Housing’s irresponsible behaviour in Lampeter, part of a more widespread problem of housing associations chasing the money by housing criminals, which is much more lucrative than putting roofs over the heads of locals. Of course …

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Anti-Welsh Housing Associations

Jac — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 12:10:30 +0000

TO RECAP . . . I have written many times about social housing in Wales, and of the many problems created by the more irresponsible housing associations. Here are just a few of the problems: Unlike in Scotland, social housing providers in Wales are tied into an Englandandwales system. This results in our housing associations …

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