Council & Public Life
The newcomer roll counts registered homes, not every lodger
The Lower Ward hall’s separate list records residents waiting for a sponsor or permanent address, but it does not yet qualify them to comment on the housing schedule.
A QSN investigation
A Place in the Roll
A series on the work of making a home in Kharad Venn: registration, translated notices, a first room, school hours, clinic access and the training record that follows a new arrival into skilled work.
9 chapters · Follow the reporting in order
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Filed February 26, 2031 · Council & Public Life
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Filed May 1, 2031 · Health & Community
Health & Community
Four scripts on the board, but the meeting date comes first
The South Ward language hall can translate a hearing notice, but the interpreter rota often receives the request after the date is set. Residents say access begins before the room opens.
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Filed June 27, 2031 · Health & Community
Health & Community
Key register separates households that arrive on two caravans
At the South Welcome House, the waiting list ranks people by arrival date but does not link relatives who reached the gate on different trips. Housing staff have begun checking those entries together.
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Filed September 7, 2031 · Health & Community
Health & Community
Ari Deth on sharing the evening slate room
North Rise school is testing a split evening session for language lessons and apprentice writing. The teacher says attendance marks will show who could reach each half, not what they learned.
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Filed December 6, 2031 · Health & Community
Health & Community
The blank line on the Lower Clinic night roster
The roster counted a substitute as named before anyone was present to receive referrals. One family’s walk from the lower ward shows what the difference between a filled post and a covered hour can mean.
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Filed January 24, 2032 · Health & Community
Health & Community
Lantern Stair lease copies disagree on the repair duty
The residents’ and landlord’s copies carry different versions of a handwritten cistern clause. Both record a shared duty; neither sets out how the repair cost is divided.
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Filed May 12, 2034 · Council & Public Life
Council & Public Life
Lower Ward pilot lets lodgers comment before sponsorship
Residents with temporary addresses can now receive hearing notices and speak on the housing schedule. The pilot does not change allotment priority or make a lodger a voting household.
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Filed May 23, 2034 · Health & Community
Health & Community
Language hall moves translation requests ahead of hearing dates
A later review found that notices were still translated, but too often after a meeting had been set. Ward clerks now send the draft date with the first request; the rota remains limited to listed hearings.
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Filed May 30, 2034 · Labor & Industry
Labor & Industry
Apprentice bench opens its portfolio trial to arrivals without a local master
The guild will accept prior work in the portfolio trial before assigning a local bench examination. A portfolio can establish skill for review, but it does not replace the practical test or confer a trade mark.