Commonweal Funded Research Finds Over 90% of Wheelchair Users Struggle to find Accessible Homes for Private Rent
The largest-ever survey on wheelchair users and their housing needs, which was funded by Commonweal Housing, finds: There is a chronic lack of wheelchair accessible homes in the Private Rented Sector (PRS), according to new research by Abode Impact 4 in 5 are currently living in a home that fails to fully meet their needs…
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Commonweal Housing welcomes new Trustee
Independent action learning charity, Commonweal Housing has welcomed researcher Becky Rice to its board of Trustees. Becky, who joined the charity’s Board of Trustees in September, has over 15 years’ experience in research and evaluation, with specific focus on homelessness and vulnerable groups. As well as holding senior research positions at organisations such as St Mungos and…
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Taking Action at Bristol Housing Festival
We were at the Bristol Housing Festival launch this week, an event which served as a call to action for politicians, developers, builders, innovators – and the city as a whole. The Festival isn’t intended to be a just another showcase for ideas, or just being seen to be acknowledging the housing crisis confronting the…
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Commonweal Housing scoops national prize for innovation
Commonweal Housing has won Innovation of the Year at the 24Housing Awards, for its work with partners on transitional accommodation for migrant workers.
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Universal Credit: time to treat property as the investment our society sees it?
There has been much Twitter-chat in recent days about the costs and impact of Universal Credit. Many calls have been made to the Chancellor to provide additional funding in the forthcoming budget, in order to reduce the impacts on those likely to see substantial falls in their total income. The latest indications are that the…
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Back to the Future: private renting to help the homeless
I am feeling very Marty McFly at present – for the last year I feel as though I have been living through the nightmarish world of Back to the Future II overseen by the narcissistic, thin skinned rather idiotic bully Biff Tannan – presiding over a community going to the dogs. Specifically, in this last…
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