Housing associations in Wales have helped the previous Welsh Government smash its target of building 10,000 affordable homes, says Edwina O’Hart. In the five years up to this May’s election, 11,508 properties were constructed across Wales – and 94 per… Read more »
Archive for: October, 2016
What does the draft budget mean for housing?
Welsh Government has protected funding for Supporting People and homelessness prevention in its draft budget for next year. More good news came with a boost for the affordable housing budget, with a capital allocation of £1.36bn over the next four… Read more »
Look out for the new WHQ
Health and housing, Brexit and reclassification of housing associations all feature in the Autumn issue of Welsh Housing Quarterly – plus much more besides. Published this week, the cover feature on health and housing is introduced by NHS Wales chief… Read more »
Welsh social landlords ‘evicting 500 children a year’
More than 500 children were made homeless last year after their families were evicted from social housing, according to a report by Shelter Cymru. The homelessness charity estimates that social landlords evicted 914 households in 2015/16. Almost a third of… Read more »