In March 2004 the Welsh Streets Home Group (WSHG) was formed to reflect the need for a rethink on wholescale demolition.
Evidence will be assembled here to show how the City Council and its partners missed successive opportunities to engage with residents who supported that view.
WSHG has itself provided evidence to the House of Commons Select Committee which describes the flaws in the consultation process for the Welsh Streets project and suggests reforms to prevent similar misfortunes elsewhere.
And by omission or otherwise, the City Council allowed toxic divisions to grow within the resident community; they allowed opponents of demolition to be misrepresented and denigrated without redress.
The Executive Member for Housing was asked to take responsibility and seek to redeem this failure in community cohesion, but as the Question to Council and its Answer reveals, she appeared to claim the Council had (an entirely bogus!) equidistance between WDC and WSHG. The appearance of the WDC logo alongside logos for City Council and their partners clearly show the proposal to be a joint enterprise with WDC - see an example.
A list of some contemporary newsletters is published here. Readers will be able to compare their tone and content.
Comparison of Contemporary Newsletters |
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Welsh Streets Home Group |
WDC (Windermere, Dovetail, Camelot) |
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