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Local Authority Position on Stock Transfer

  • Bridgend: Stock transferred to ‘Valleys to Coast Housing’ in September 2003
  • Wrexham: Tenant ballot against stock transfer in March 2004. The authority is currently considering its position
  • Monmouthshire: Positive ballot result announced 17th November 2006 - 67% turnout, 60.3% of those in favour of stock transfer. 'Monmouthshire Housing Association Ltd' established in January 2008
  • Rhondda Cynon Taf: Positive ballot result announced 22nd November 2006 - 55% turnout, 57.9% of those in favour of stock transfer. 'RCT Homes' established 10th December 2007
  • Torfaen: Positive ballot result announced 16th March 2007 - 68.1% turnout, 59.2% of those in favour of stock transfer. 'Bron Afon Community Housing' established 31st March 2008
  • Swansea: Tenant ballot against stock transfer in March 2007. The authority is currently considering its position
  • Newport: Positive ballot result announnced 16th November 2007 - 63.3% turnout, 83.8% of those in favour of stock transfer. ‘Newport City Homes’ established in March 2009
  • Conwy: Positive ballot result announced 26th November 2007 - 61.7% turnout, 50.8% of those in favour of stock transfer. ‘Cartrefi Conwy’ established in September 2008
  • Blaenau Gwent: Positive ballot result announced 23rd July 2009 - 55% turnout, 73% of those in favour of stock transfer. Transfer will be to a new housing association Tai Calon Community Homes
  • Ceredigion: Positive ballot result announced 18th November 2008 - 70% turnout, 58.3% of those in favour of stock transfer. 'Tai Ceredigion' established 30th November 2009 
  • Gwynedd: Positive ballot result announced 31st March 2009 - 65% turnout, 72% of those in favour of stock transfer to 'Gwynedd Community Homes' in 2010
  • Merthyr Tydfil: Positive ballot result announced 27th March 2008 - 57% turnout, 50.3% of those in favour of stock transfer. 'Merthyr Valley Homes' established in March 2009
  • Carmarthenshire: Business Plan demonstrates that the authority can bring properties up to WHQS and maintain the standard with their own resources. Stock to be retained
  • Denbighshire: Business Plan demonstrates that the authority can bring properties up to WHQS and maintain that standard from their own resources. Stock to be retained
  • Powys: The authority is continuing to work towards meeting WHQS on the current understanding that it is likely to retain their housing stock
  • Cardiff: Business Plan demonstrates that the authority can bring properties up to WHQS and maintain that standard from their own resources. Stock to be retained
  • Pembrokeshire: Business plan to support stock retention approach under annual review
  • Isle of Anglesey: Business Plan demonstrates that the authority can bring properties up to WHQS and can maintain that standard from within their own resources. Stock to be retained
  • Vale of Glamorgan: The authority is to ballot tenants on transferring their stock to a new registered social landlord, with the date to be annouced
  • Caerphilly: The authority is to ballot tenants on stock transfer
  • Flintshire: Business plans demonstrate that resources available will be insufficient to meet WHQS and resolved to ballot tenants on transferring their stock to a new registered social landlord. Flintshire ballot anticipated in 2010
  • Neath Port Talbot: Positive ballot result announced 16th March 2010 - 61.6% turnout, 56.6% of those in favour of stock transfer to NPT Homes  

For more information contact: Sue Finch