c4 & d1 - housing policy update hour tpas cymru annual conference nov. 2013
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C4 & D1 - Housing Policy Update Hour
TPAS Cymru Annual Conference
Nov. 2013
Policy Highs & Lows
What do you want to know about? One point on each sheet separately Big lettering Hand to the front
Major Directions in:
Social housing Public services The role of the state
Social HousingMore homes Different financing models Use of public sector land – dbase Local Housing Market Assessments a statutory
requirement Empty homes into use
Support for Social Housing WG ‘system stewardship’ of whole housing
market Regulation for all social housing
Renting Homes Tenancy reform Private sector regulation
Social HousingHomelessness Emphasis on prevention Use of private rented sector End family homelessness by 2019?
Supported housing Service user involvement
Improving quality Review of Design Quality Requirements Increased energy efficiency Standards for rents and service charges for
local authorities
Public ServicesParticipation / citizen engagement(co-production)
WG relationship to third sector
Collaboration agenda – public services boundaries
Evidence/outcomes- anti-poverty objectives
The Role of the State(under the skin of policy)
Small government / low tax
Privatisation
Anti welfare state & welfare reform
Where is TP now?
TP Activities: Greater range
Mostly higher level
But community participation growing
Little widening of tenants involved
Still under represented groups
Mainstreaming developing but slowly
Where is TP now?
Impact & Tenant Influence:
More opportunities at decision making level
Some impact particularly WHQS and repairs
The Future?
More electronic contactMore private rented sector information & consultationMore social homes building; more co-op’sMergers – scale issues?
More private finance – erosion of TP or more TP in finance?
“The best way to predict your future is to create it” - Abraham Lincoln