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Welsh Government has accepted in principle wide-ranging recommendations the Homelessness Action Group, says housing minister Julie James. The group of experts was appointed last year to advise on Welsh Government’s ambitious goal of ending all forms of homelessness or ensure… Read more »
In the second in a series of blogs by housing students who attended the Wales Housing Research Conference 2020, Abdi Ahmed reflects on early intervention and prevention in avoiding evictions. I attended the conference this year for the first time,… Read more »
In the audience at the recent Wales Housing Research Conference 2020 were four students from Cardiff Metropolitan University. In the first in a series of blogs sharing their impressions, Natasha Ham reflects on the gap between ideas and delivery in… Read more »
Claire Pearce-Crawford reflects on debt and a month of advice work. It’s February 2020. It’s cold and snow is on the way. As I sit in my warm, cosy home, I pause, to give thought to how lucky, I really… Read more »
Factory-made housing should be at the heart of affordable housing supply in Wales, says housing minister Julie James. Welsh Government wants local authorities to build far more council homes at scale and pace but says they face the same capacity… Read more »
Welsh Government has confirmed its final Budget for 2020/21 with little change to its plans for housing. Consequentials flowing from the UK Budget on March 11 could yet change the sums but Tuesday’s final Budget confirms capital spending plans in… Read more »
Two South Wales housing associations have merged with a commitment to retaining heritage and community focus. Baneswell Housing Association (BHA), established in 1973, owns and rents 70 homes in the Baneswell area of Newport. In October 2018, the tenants of… Read more »
Valleys to Coast has appointed Joanne Oak as its new chief executive. She will start work at the Bridgend-based housing association in early May, replacing interim chief executive Duncan Forbes, who has been leading the organisation over the last 6… Read more »
Private renters in Wales are set to get guaranteed minimum of 12 months’ protection against eviction at the start of a new tenancy if they have not breached the terms of their contract Housing and local government minister Julie James… Read more »
Housing minister Julie James said she was disappointed with the rise in rough sleeping in Wales and that the numbers involved are ‘unacceptably high’. In a written statement, she said: ‘As a Government committed to the goal of ending homelessness,… Read more »
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