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Welsh Language Communities Housing Plan

 

Question 1: Do you think a co-operative or community-led housing model could help local people to access affordable housing?

 

Question 2: How can Welsh Government encourage further participation in a co-operative or community-led housing model in Wales?

 

Question 3: What are the challenges to sustaining sufficient local interest and investment in social enterprises?

 

Question 4: What support or incentives could Welsh Government offer to encourage engagement in such a scheme?

 

Question 5: To what extent do you think the Estate Agents’ Steering Group is a practical and effective way of helping estate agents to play their part in protecting Welsh language communities?

 

Question 6: How can estate agents be encouraged or incentivised to engage with the Steering Group?

 

Question 7: Would a short period for local residents to view and make offers on housing help them to access property markets?

 

Question 8: What else might help offer local buyers a ‘fair chance’ in the housing market?

 

Question 9: How could Cultural Ambassadors engage at a community level to support social cohesion and develop a better understanding of our culture, language and heritage?

 

Question 10: What specific factors should the commission consider in relation to sustaining Welsh as a community language?

 

Question 11: What, in your view, will be the challenges facing the commission?

 

Question 12: Are there any examples, practices or instances of interest that could inform the commission’s understanding of the factors that affect the language?

 

Question 13: What (more), alongside housing support, can be done to support local and particularly young people to remain, live and work in their communities?

 

Question 14: Do you have any further comments or suggestions in relation to any of the specific schemes mentioned above?

 

Question 15: What kind of local interventions would you want to see to promote the importance of Welsh place names, encourage their retention and to maintain the Welsh language as a visual part of our communities?

 

Question 16: What else should be considered as part the Welsh Language Communities Housing Plan?

 

Question 17: What changes would you make to the proposals presented in this plan to improve their effectiveness?

 

Question 18: We have asked a number of specific questions. If you have any related issues which we have not specifically addressed, please use this space to report them.