The latest issue of Welsh Housing Quarterly explores the growing pressure on household budgets and its impact on housing affordability across Wales.
As energy bills, rents, and everyday essentials continue to rise, WHQ brings together perspectives from across the housing sector on the challenges facing tenants, landlords, housing providers and policymakers.
From the experiences of private renters and young people struggling to find affordable homes to the widening gap between housing costs and financial support, the issue explores both the scale of the pressures and the practical responses being developed across Wales.
Contributors examine the impact of financial hardship on mental health, the importance of Local Housing Allowance and the ways housing associations are supporting tenants through difficult times.
The issue also looks at Shelter Cymru’s work helping households maximise their income, while Richard Mann considers rising social housing construction costs and the opportunities for greater collaboration.
Beyond the cost of living, 143 tackles some of the wider questions shaping housing in Wales, including:
- The Burnham blueprint on housing – and what Wales is already doing
- The pressures of second homes and short-term holiday lets
- The potential for a community right to buy
- The future of optimised retrofit in Wales
- Why homelessness prevention needs a whole-public-service approach
- How the housing sector can use artificial intelligence responsibly
Published in English and Welsh, WHQ brings together news, analysis, opinion and practical experience from across housing and regeneration in Wales.
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