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Welsh Housing Quality Standard

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Measuring progress in improving social housing in Wales

We carried out a monitoring exercise on the performance of housing associations and local authorities in working towards the Welsh Housing Quality Standard.

The Welsh Housing Quality Standard: Revised Guidance for Social Landlords on Interpretation and Achievement of the Welsh Housing Quality Standard

Contains detailed instructions advising social landlords what they should do to improve the physical condition of their properties.

Prudential borrowing

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Houses.

We believe that everyone in Wales should have the opportunity to live in a good quality home within a safe and secure community. To help achieve this, the physical standard and condition of existing housing must be maintained and improved to the Welsh Housing Quality Standard (the Standard).

We expect all social landlords in Wales to adopt the Standard and to devise realistic programmes for bringing all their properties up to it by the end of 2012 or by agreement with Welsh Ministers.

The Standard is intended to help social landlords assess their housing stock. Separate guidance has been issued to Registered Social Landlords' and local authorities.