Homes of Quality
All council and housing association properties need to be brought up to a national Welsh Housing Quality Standard by next year. With that deadline fast approaching, Eye on Wales explores the implications for councils and tenants of failure to achieve the standard. Presented by Chris Dearden.
Last updated: 05 June 2011
Many Welsh councils and other social landlords are making good progress towards achieving the Welsh Government's 2012 deadline for bringing all their homes up to standard.
But there are problems in a number of council areas, which the Welsh Government considers have "no viable business plans" for reaching the Welsh Housing Quality Standard.
One such area is Wrexham, where the council has struggled to come up with a Plan B after tenants voted against moving to a housing association that would be freer to finance the levels of investment required.
Welsh Government figures suggest that just 1% of its homes are predicted to be up to standard by the end of the next financial year.
That's in stark contract to Conwy, just a few miles down the road, where tenants voted "Yes" stock transfer in 2008, unlocking a £30m investment programme that will meet next year's deadline.
Housing experts tell Eye on Wales that such variations could mean that council house tenants could find themselves living in poorer quality accommodation than social housing tenants in neighbouring authorities.
Unless a fairer financial deal can be struck with the Treasury.
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