Democracy

PBHA tenants who have not registered to vote will have the chance to get their names on the electoral role in time for the general election on 7 May, with assistance from their support worker, as part of Your Vote Matters, a national project to ensure residents of social housing and homeless people make their voices heard by politicians. PBHA is one of 32 organisations awarded a bursary by the project a collaboration between Homeless Link and the Hansard Society, supported by the Cabinet Office. PBHA CEO Clare Norton said: ‘Voting in the election is a simple but powerful way for people [...]