The cost of living is reshaping lives across Wales. WHQ’s forthcoming autumn 2026 issue offers an indepth look at how rising rents, household bills, construction costs and more affect tenants, landlords and communities.
Featuring analysis, practical experience and ideas from across the housing sector, our contributors examine the gap between private rents and Local Housing Allowance, the pressures facing young people, and what happens when a prolonged cost of living crisis becomes an injustice.
But we also look at solutions. Housing associations share ways to support tenants through financial hardship, while Shelter Cymru explores the difference specialist benefits and debt advice can make.
PLUS:
*Cathy Owens offers a Welsh perspective Andy Burnham’s housing blueprint.
*Wendy Dearden examines the challenges posed by holiday lets.
*Eleri Williams considers how a community right to buy could work in Wales.
There are also fascinating insights into responsible AI, homelessness prevention and the ambitions behind optimised retrofit.
Alongside these features, readers will find regular policy, regulation and Senedd research updates, plus perspectives from across the sector.
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