Fossil fuel heating will be banned in new social homes from October and Welsh Government wants private developers to adopt the same new build standards by 2025. The move is part of a Welsh Government commitment to renewable energies and… Read more »
Decarbonisation
Minister hails doubled funding for low-carbon social homes
Climate change minister Julie James has hailed one of Wales’s first ‘positive energy’ social housing schemes as ‘an exemplar’ for developers, housing associations and councils to follow in the drive to build 20,000 new low carbon homes for rent. Visiting Wales… Read more »
Call for £15bn retrofit plan to end fuel poverty
The Future Generations Commissioner for Wales is calling for a massive retrofit investment plan to eradicate fuel poverty in Wales by 2030. The £15bn investment plan for housing is urgently needed and would, according to Sophie Howe in a new… Read more »
Optimised Retrofit surveys go live
The first surveys have been carried out in an ambitious pathfinder project to decarbonise social housing across Wales. The Optimised Retrofit project, supported by Welsh Government, is now live, with whole home surveys being delivered across Wales by more than… Read more »
Blaenau Gwent to hold first Climate Assembly in Wales
People in Blaenau Gwent have been invited to share their views and solutions for tackling the climate crisis in what will be Wales’ first Climate Assembly. The Blaenau Gwent Climate Assembly will be held online during two weekends in March… Read more »
Here for homes
The Coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the importance of home and highlighted the inequalities faced by people living in poor quality housing. Where we live has never been more important to how we live. At Community Housing Cymru, we believe… Read more »
Boost for social housing retrofit programme
Welsh Government has added another £10m to its plans for a decarbonisation retrofit programme that it hopes will transform social housing across Wales, boost the economy and open the door to a new Welsh industry. Backed with almost £20m, the… Read more »
Draft Budget boost for housing
Welsh Government says it is allocating an extra £175m of capital funding for housing in 2020/21, taking the total invested over this Assembly term to £2bn. The total in the Draft Budget announced on Monday is made up of grant,… Read more »
Decarbonisation recommendations accepted in principle by ministers
Welsh Government has accepted in principle all of the recommendations of the independent review the decarbonisation of homes in Wales but called for more work to give greater clarity on the costs involved. An independent group chaired by Chris Jofeh… Read more »