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Policy Transfer and Part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 November 2019

Mark Wilding ,
Iolo Madoc-Jones ,
Anya Ahmed ,
Andrea Gibbons ,
Katy Jones  and
Michaela Rogers
Mark Wilding
Affiliation:
University of Salford, E-mail: m.a.wilding@salford.ac.uk
Iolo Madoc-Jones
Affiliation:
Wrexham Glyndŵr University, E-mail: i.m.jones@glyndwr.ac.uk
Anya Ahmed
Affiliation:
University of Salford, E-mail: a.ahmed@salford.ac.uk
Andrea Gibbons
Affiliation:
University of Salford, E-mail: a.r.gibbons1@salford.ac.uk
Katy Jones
Affiliation:
Manchester Metropolitan University, E-mail: katy.jones@mmu.ac.uk
Michaela Rogers
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield, E-mail: m.rogers@sheffield.ac.uk
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Abstract

Part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014 and its implementation has been keenly observed by governments outside of Wales, as they continue to search for policy solutions to help address the homelessness crisis. This article examines the extent to which there has been policy transfer from Wales to other national contexts and the potential for such transfer to occur in the future. It is identified that some transfer has already taken place within the UK and there is the potential for future policy transfer both within the UK and internationally. Adaptation to each of the new contexts is necessary to underpin successful transfer of provisions of the Act; however, outside of the UK this will need to be more extensive and include the introduction of a right to housing.

Keywords

Homelessnesshousing regimespolicy transferWelsh Government
Type
Themed Section: Homelessness Prevention in an International Policy Context
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , January 2020 , pp. 171 - 182
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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