Housing for released prisoners.

Currently the law requires local councils to house prisoners, who are released from jail, as homeless, within the area which they have a local connection.
The reasoning behind this existing provision is that..

(a) it helps to prevent re-offending, and
(b) it stops offender choosing a better place to live (custodial tourism), and
(c) it helps to stop prosecutions preferring custodial sentences as a method of getting an aresehole away from the area.

The Welsh Government is about to pass the 'Housing Bill (Wales)' and within this legislation is a proposal to remove the automatic 'priority need' status of released prisoners who are homeless.

It has a 'consultation' which closes on 28th October 2013.
You can tell them what you think of this proposal by following this link..

http://tinyurl.com/mtlz9qr

In England the Tories like the proposal because it removes the obligation for councils in posh areas to have to house their own crims and the arseholes can be dumped onto a 'third sector' charity housing organisations who can find cheap flats in poorer areas. In Scotland, they already have different laws, and cross border transfers are banned.

One thing to consider is

(a) What part of Wales will be used to dump these ex-prisoners when released?

(b) To whom the responsibility of housing these ex-prisoners will pass if it's not the council?

(c) What role a familiar community has in rehabilitating offenders?

Another point..

Should a new Wales Housing law ban 'third sector' housing of English prisoners in Wales?

Discuss..