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Homelessness in Wales

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Map showing the gap between Local Housing Allowance and private rents in Wales

Why Local Housing Allowance is vital to making private rents affordable

Unfreezing Local Housing Allowance is key to easing pressure on budgets caused by high rents, says Lauren Caley Andy Burnham has been attracting headlines for making homelessness a clear priority as he stepped into No 10. It is incredible to… Read more »

A discussion in a home

Prevention has moved upstream – now public services must follow

Ligia Teixeira examines whether Wales’s new homelessness legislation can make earlier intervention a reality across public services When Wales last rewrote its homelessness legislation, the impact was swift. In the first year of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014, over 7,000… Read more »

The entrance to 10 Downing Street

Glasbrint Burnham ar gyfer Tai: Eisoes ar y Map yng Nghymru

Mae araith proffil uchel Andy Burnham ynghylch tai yn adleisio dull gweithredu sy’n gyfarwydd ers tro yng Nghymru, yn ôl Cathy Owens. Ond nid yw bod ar y blaen o ran egwyddor yr un peth ag ennill ar gyflawni Yn… Darllenwch fwy »

A discussion in a home

Mae atal wedi symud i fyny’r ffrwd – rhaid nawr i wasanaethau cyhoeddus ddilyn

Yma mae Ligia Teixeira yn archwilio a all deddfwriaeth digartrefedd newydd Cymru wireddu ymyrraeth gynharach ar draws gwasanaethau cyhoeddus Pan fu i Gymru ail-lunio ei deddfwriaeth digartrefedd ddiwethaf, roedd yr effaith yn gyflym. Yn ystod blwyddyn gyntaf Deddf Tai (Cymru)… Darllenwch fwy »

Cynnwys arbenigwyr trwy brofiad

Mae Cymorth Cymru yn datgelu sut y gwnaeth lleisiau pobl â phrofiad byw effeithio ar Fil Digartrefedd newydd Cymru ac yn egluro sut i gael pobl i gymryd rhan Yn y seremoni selio Deddf Digartrefedd a Dyrannu Tai Cymdeithasol (Cymru),… Darllenwch fwy »

GWNEUD IDDI WEITHIO

Debbie Thomas sy’n archwilio’r heriau o ran rhoi’r Ddeddf Digartrefedd a Dyraniadau Tai Cymdeithasol (Cymru) newydd ar waith Derbyniodd Deddf Digartrefedd a Dyraniadau Tai Cymdeithasol (Cymru) Gydsyniad Brenhinol ychydig wythnosau cyn etholiad y Senedd. Â’r nod o gryfhau ataliaeth a… Darllenwch fwy »

Private rents: Understanding affordability 

Elen Grantham reports on how Shelter is challenging outdated affordability metrics to better reflect the real struggles of Welsh private renters We’ve been talking about the housing emergency in Wales for what can sometimes feel like a very long time… Read more »

Support update – Embedding experts by experience 

Cymorth Cymru reveals how the voices of people with lived experience impacted Wales new Homelessness Bill and explains how to get people involved At the sealing ceremony for the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Act, there were two VIP… Read more »

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