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More than 70 per cent of vital services which help to prevent homelessness across Wales could be ‘reduced or lost’ if crucial Welsh Government funding is not increased, say campaigners. The warning comes from Cymorth Cymru, and Community Housing Cymru,… Read more »
Climate change minister Julie James chose World Homelessness Day to introduce a White Paper that sets out how the Welsh Government plans to end homelessness in Wales. The proposals focus on improving prevention and early intervention, through the introduction of a… Read more »
Leading European voices in the fight to end homelessness will feature at Shelter Cymru’s People and Homes conference in Swansea. Taking place on Tuesday 20 June, this year’s conference will have a hybrid format, with tickets available virtually as well… 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 »
Over 1,500 children in Wales will wake up this Christmas without a place to call home, says Shelter Cymru. The charity says an unprecedented amount of children in Wales will be homeless and living in temporary accommodation. According to the… Read more »
A new Private Rented Sector Leasing Scheme forms part of the Ending Homelessness Action Plan that will be launched by climate change minister Julie James in the Senedd later today. The minister will announce a new £30 million funding pot… Read more »
Local authorities have praised Welsh Government’s homelessness response to the pandemic but are expecting a increase in people seeking homelessness support as evictions and repossessions rise and cuts to Universal Credit bite. The findings come from the Homelessness Monitor Wales… Read more »
An investigation into the homelessness review process in Wales has found evidence of ‘systemic maladministration’ by local authorities that leaves vulnerable people facing homelessness at risk of grave injustice. A report by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales says that… Read more »
Welsh political parties are being urged to change homelesssness legislation that Crisis says is leaving people stuck in a cycle of homelessness for longer, pushed further from support and more likely to experience multiple forms of homelessness. New research from… Read more »
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