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2016-19 Corporate Plan July-September 2018 Welcome Quarterly progress report: 2016-19 Corporate Plan July-September 2018 Welcome. Our Mission. This is the second progress report for this If you have any questions on the information financial year. in this progress report, please don’t hesitate to • To positively influence get in touch. Welsh Government policy. Inside this report you’ll find an update on the areas of work you told us were important In the meantime we will continue to influence, to you. With this year being the final year of connect, support and inform our current Corporate Plan, we are keen to – so you can continue to • To support and promote continue to make progress and demonstrate invest in communities the work of our members. how we are supporting you. and improve lives. A full media report which shows how we’ve been influencing the media agenda so far this • To speak with one voice. year is also included. One of our main and most important focuses • To put members at the this year is supporting the delivery of a heart of everything we do. review of housing policy in Wales. After consulting with over 200 staff and board members from Housing Associations, we published our response to the Independent • To work as one team Review of Affordable Housing Supply in to deliver our mission. Wales’ Call for Evidence. Thank you to all who participated, and we look forward to continue working with our members on this important piece of work which will inform the future provision of housing in the country. We were also delighted to receive the results of our Member Satisfaction Survey, undertaken by David Hedges of Cyngor Da. The findings were positive but there are a number of clear areas where we can and will improve on. We will use the feedback to inform our next Corporate Plan for 2019-2022. Stuart Ropke Chief Executive Our Mission. Our Aim. July-September 2018 at a glance: • To positively influence By 2019 we will be regarded by members as • Consulting with over 200 staff and board members from Housing an invaluable and highly effective umbrella Associations we have now published our response to the Welsh Government policy. body. We will continue to promote the Independent Review of Affordable Housing Supply in Wales’ Call diversity of our membership and will have for Evidence. helped shape the external environment to • To support and promote enable them to prosper. • We submitted our response, as we submitted our response to the the work of our members. Welsh Government’s consultation on the National Development We will be the go-to organisation on Framework (preferred option) in July. housing issues in Wales, the partner of • To speak with one voice. choice for stakeholders, and recognised and • We have been working closely with DWP in Wales and London to valued by Welsh Government as a sector urge operational improvements to Universal Credit, including the that delivers. Landlord Portal and improvements to Universal Support. • To put members at the heart of everything we do. Our work between 2016-2019 falls • Our Finance Conference in the Metropole Hotel was well under four strategic themes. attended, beginning with a talk from Linda Davidson, who delegates quickly recognised as Mary the Punk from EastEnders! Supporting members to • To work as one team • We ran our UK wide ‘Five Asks’ campaign with the National to deliver our mission. be resilient businesses. Housing Federation, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations and the Northern Irish Federation, calling on the UK Enabling the delivery of more Government to urgently change the “fundamental flaws” with quality and truly affordable homes. Universal Credit. Supporting members to build sustainable • We welcomed Catrin Harries our Media and Communications communities where people want to live. Officer who is a Welsh speaker, and undertook a recruitment campaign to appoint a Chair and additional Board Members to Running a great member organisation. complement our existing board of eight. • We received results of our Member Satisfaction survey which showed a high level of satisfaction among members. Themes: Themes: Affordable Planning Housing Review The Review of Affordable Housing Supply has ramped up over the last quarter, Our work in planning has continued this last quarter, as we submitted with the independent panel issuing a call for evidence from the sector. We our response to the Welsh Government’s consultation on the National worked quickly to establish three Reference Groups to develop our response Development Framework (preferred option) in July. to the consultation. Over the eight week consultation period, we held eleven events right across Wales, engaging with over 200 staff and board members Also in July, the Welsh Government launched a new consultation looking from Housing Associations, and submitted a comprehensive response to the at ways to improve the delivery of Local Development Plan (LDP) housing consultation, which you can read here. requirements. It was announced that the Welsh Government will go ahead with the proposal to temporarily disapply paragraph 6.2 of Technical Advice Following the submission to the Review, Welsh Government’s work stream Note (TAN) 1; this was despite representations made by CHC and others in the meetings have now begun. The sector is represented by 21 sector volunteers sector, and we are supporting members with the impact of this change. – and we will continue to work with them to influence the work of the Review over the coming months. In September we held a Planning Seminar, sponsored by Clarke Willmott Solicitors and Asbri Planning, to explore the key questions in the LDP consultation and share ideas and solutions around the impact of the (TAN) 1 decision. We will submit our response to the LDP consultation in October. Public Affairs Manager Policy Officer Aaron Hill Sarah Scotcher [email protected] [email protected] 029 2067 4820 029 2067 4802 | 07469 147485 @AaronCHC @Sarah_CHC Themes: Themes: Universal Supporting Housing Credit and Supporting People This quarter saw the roll out of the Universal Credit Full Service in Blaenau The UK Government announced in August that they have scrapped their Gwent, Caerphilly and Pembrokeshire; the remaining areas due to be rolled plans to localise housing costs for supported accommodation. The rent for out by the end of December. We have been working closely with DWP in supported accommodation, which includes Sheltered Housing and extra care, Wales and London to urge operational improvements to UC, including the will therefore continue to be funded through Housing Benefit. Landlord Portal and improvements to Universal Support. We are in the process of holding elections for our sector representatives July saw the launch of the Four Feds ‘Five Asks’ campaign, bringing together on the Regional Collaborative Committees (RCCs). RCCs bring together the housing association trade bodies from all four UK nations to campaign on stakeholders at a regional level to produce a Regional Commissioning Plan for a single set of asks to improve Universal Credit. You can read more about the Supporting People services based on regional needs so it’s vital for the sector campaign here. to have a presence. This summer also saw the first joint meeting of the CHC Welfare and We are delighted Cabinet Secretary for Finance Mark Drakeford AM has now Regeneration Strategic Delivery Groups. This meeting provided the confirmed as part of the Welsh Government’s draft budget for 2019/20 that opportunity to discuss cross cutting issues including financial inclusion, funding for homelessness and Supporting People will be ringfenced until the money advice and tenancy support. end of this Assembly term. Policy & Programmes Manager Policy Officer Will Atkinson Joe Frampton [email protected] [email protected] 029 2067 4815 | 07557 650386 029 2067 4806 | 07855 712833 @WillA_CHC @JoeFramptonCF Themes: Themes: Renting Fire Safety Homes Act While the commencement date of the Renting Homes Act is not yet clear, the The safety of tenants, staff and buildings continued as a top priority throughout model contracts will be consulted on in the next few months. A sub-group to this quarter, with the findings of the Hackitt Review and ongoing Grenfell review prescribed forms and notices will be set up in the next few months. In Inquiry further influencing policy in Wales. We retained our position on the addition a communications sub-group to help develop a Communications Welsh Government Fire Safety Advisory Group, assisting Government in issuing Strategy for the Act is currently being set up. The training sub-group is guidance around developing issues including the safety of fire doors. looking for any examples of training or information on the Renting Homes Wales Act which people might currently be using to inform on the Act once June saw a successful Safety Summit, covering the full range of safety issues, implemented. Please forward me any information which you might have to from the Hackitt Review to health and safety of home workers. Health and safety me on [email protected]. assurance to housing association boards also proved popular, with increased scrutiny from Welsh Government in this area. Following the Hackitt Review, we called on Welsh Government to ban the use of combustible materials on the external walls of high rise buildings. This quarter, a consultation was published outlining Government plans, to which we responded. Our Fire Safety Delivery Group continues to provide expert advice on fire safety matters and provides an opportunity for members to share best practice on fire safety. Policy Officer Selina Moyo Policy & Programmes Manager Will Atkinson [email protected] [email protected] 029 2067 4807 | 07341 730404 029 2067 4815 | 07557 650386 @Selina_CHC @WillA_CHC Policy & Programmes Manager Will Atkinson Themes: A Big Thank You! A big thank you from our business development team to every delegate, speaker, sponsor and exhibitor, without whom the conferences would not be the success they are.
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