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Commonweal Housing's response to Transforming Rehabilitation Inquiry Published

By Rebecca Dillon / December 20, 2017

The House of Commons Justice Select Committee have published a submission made by Commonweal Housing in response to their inquiry into Transforming Rehabilitation.

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Existing shared housing solutions fail to meet the requirements of non-resident parents…This is a clear social injustice and needs to change

By Kathryn Muir / December 19, 2017

In our latest guest blog, Kathryn Muir from the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research provides her thoughts on her research on non-resident parents

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Commonweal funded research into non-resident parents and shared housing publishes findings

By Rebecca Dillon / December 7, 2017

The research explored how existing shared housing solutions meet the requirements of non-resident parents whose children have overnight contact

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Freedom to Achieve

By Jo Richardson / November 20, 2017

In the latest in our series of guest blogs, Professor Jo Richardson, independent evaluator for the Freedom2Work project, provides her thoughts on the project

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Navel gazing and avoiding choking: what I think about ahead of an away day!

By Ashley Horsey / November 7, 2017

Commonweal Housing’s Chief Executive Ashley Horsey provides his thoughts ahead of Commonweal’s annual strategic away day.

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We need to invest in supportive, not just supported housing options…..here's why.

By Rebecca Dillon / November 2, 2017

Tuesday saw the Government unveil its plans for the future of supported housing funding. Under the new rules short-term supported accommodation will be funded through a ring-fenced fund to councils, while longer term supported housing will continue to be funded through the welfare system. The announcement follows the news last week that the proposed cap…

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