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Housing Links

Housing: Design

Design Commission for Wales: Champions high standards of architecture, landscape and urban design in Wales

Design for Homes: Champions the value of good design in the housing industry

Princes Foundation: Teaching and demonstrating principles of traditional urban design and architecture which put people and communities at the centre of the design process

Secured by Design: UK Police flagship initiative supporting the principles of designing out crime by use of effective crime prevention and security standards

The Glass-House: Offers design courses, advice and support to tenants, residents and professionals working in neighbourhoods undergoing change and renewal

Housing: Construction

Community Self Build Agency: Creating opportunities for people to acquire knowledge and skills to build their own homes

Constructing Excellence: Setting standards and providing resources to the construction industry

Sustainable Construction: Web resource for anyone with an interest in the areas of sustainability and construction

ConstructionSkills: The Sector Skills Council for the Construction Industry and the Built Environment

Housing: Regeneration

Regeneration-UK: The UK regeneration portal

renewal.net: The online guide to what works in neighbourhood renewal

Coalfields Regeneration Trust: Changing the face of coalfield communities

Groundwork: Environmental regeneration charity making sustainable development a reality in communities in the UK which are in need of investment and support

Housing: Tenants and Landlords

Tenant Participation Advisory Service Cymru: Helping to make effective participation a reality

Social Landlords Crime and Nuisance Group: Leading housing body focusing on nuisance and anti-social behaviour

Welsh Tenants Federation: Representing tenants in Wales

Association of Residential Lettings Agents: Professional and regulatory body for letting agents in the UK

Association of Residential Managing Agents: Membership body for firms and sole practitioners engaged in the management of blocks of residential leasehold flats

National Landlords Association: Protects and promotes the interests of landlords operating in the private-rented sector throughout the country

Housing: Professional Bodies

Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru: The professional body for people who work in housing

House Builders Federation in Wales: Principal trade federation for private sector housebuilders and voice of the house building industry

Chartered Institute of Environmental Health: Cymru-Wales Centre

Council of Mortgage Lenders: Trade association for mortgage lenders in the UK

Royal Institute of British Architects in Wales: Promotes architecture and the work of architects to potential clients, policy makers and the general public

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors: Wales region

Building Societies Association: Trade association for UK building societies

Construction Industry Council: Representative forum for the professional bodies, research organisations and specialist business associations in the construction industry

Construction Industry Research and Information Association: Aims are to improve the quality, efficiency, cost-effectiveness and safety of both the provision and operation of the modern built environment

Asset Skills: The Sector Skills Council for housing

Housing: Equality and Social Justice

MEWN Cymru: Minority Ethnic Womens Network Wales represents ethnic minority women across Wales

North Wales Race Equality Partnership: Partnership developing a joint approach to BME housing issues in North Wales.

Welsh Refugee Council: Give help and support and work with asylum seekers and refugees to ensure their needs and concerns are addressed

in4refugees: Information for refugees about rights and access to services

Tai Pawb: Promoting race equality and social justice in housing in Wales

The Dyn Project: Providing services for men who have experienced domestic abuse

Housing Justice: The national voice of Christian action in the field of housing - vision of a society where every person has access to a home that truly meets their needs

For more information contact: Sue Finch