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Leaseholders in Wales who are facing significant financial hardship over fire safety issues can apply for a new Welsh Government support scheme from today (Monday June 27). The Leaseholder Support Scheme, the first of its kind in the UK, will… Read more »
Climate change minister Julie James has revealed the first details of a new Leaseholder Support Scheme to help people who are struggling financially and unable to sell their properties because of escalating costs associated with fire safety issues. Her pledge… Read more »
Here’s a sneak preview of the new issue of Welsh Housing Quarterly that will be published and online this week. The theme for our Winter 2022 issue is supply and we have good news and bad news for affordable housing…. Read more »
New social housing, decarbonisation and a second phase of the Building Safety Fund all feature in Welsh Government’s three-year Draft Budget published on Monday. The plans announced by finance minister Rebecca Evans set out spending plans for 2022/23 and indicative… Read more »
Welsh Government will pay for fire safety surveys and establish a Fire Safety – Building Passport scheme for multi-occupied residential buildings over 11m, climate change minister Julie James announced on Monday. In a written statement, the minister hailed steps already… Read more »
Housing Minister Julie James has set out extensive reforms she said would give Wales the most comprehensive building safety regime in the UK and provide residents with a stronger voice. Proposals in the Building Safety White Paper cover all multi-occupied… Read more »
Welsh Government will reform the system regulating fire safety in high-rise buildings. Housing and local government minister Julie James will tell the Assembly later today (Tuesday) that she will consider new legislation to replace the current Fire Safety Order and… Read more »
Welsh housing associations have teamed up with the fire service to launch what they claim is the UK’s first co-ordinated fire safety partnership for housing. The Primary Authority Scheme has been set up by Community Housing Cymru (CHC) in partnership… Read more »
Welsh Government has launched a consultation on banning the use of combustible materials on the external walls of high-rise housing blocks. The consultation will run for eight weeks from today (19 July) until 13 September and follows consultation on a ban… Read more »
Dame Judith Hackitt has called for radical reform of the regulatory system in her independent review of the building regulations and fire safety but stopped short of calling for an outright ban on combustible cladding. However, action could still follow… Read more »
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