Welsh Housing Associations – Jac o' the North

Mill Bay Homes, Tai Ceredigion, Answers Needed

Jac — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 19:16:51 +0000

Last month, in Social Housing, Time to End This Lunacy, I looked at social housing provider Pembrokeshire Housing and, more specifically, its subsidiary Mill Bay Homes. Mill Bay Homes justifies its existence by arguing that it builds and sells properties on the open market to raise funds that allow Pembrokeshire Housing to build more social …

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Social Housing, Time to End This Lunacy

Jac — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 00:03:33 +0000

I have written many times about the national disaster that passes for a housing strategy in our rural areas, a ‘strategy’ that sees private properties built for which there is no local demand, or at prices most of us can’t afford, while in the social sector we have an allocations system that ensures just about …

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An Open Letter to David Cameron on the Welsh NHS

Jac — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 09:00:05 +0000

Dear Prime Minister, During the recent election campaign – and even before the campaign started – you made a number of attacks on the NHS in Wales, claiming that the border between our two countries marked the difference between life and death, and that the Labour Party shouldn’t be trusted to run anything. All good …

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Housing Associations, Time To End The Madness

Jac — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 20:15:32 +0000

It’s taken about eight months, but I finally got the information I requested on the Social Housing Grant (SHG). Though let me make it clear that I attach no blame to the Housing and Regeneration section of the ‘Welsh’ Government or the Housing Directorate (which, despite being in Wales is, I believe, an outpost of …

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