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 »
Homelessness
Welsh Government sets out Budget commitments for housing
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 »
Facing Christmas without a home
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 »
Minister launches plan to end homelessness
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 »
Councils praise pandemic response but warn of homelessness problems ahead
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 »
Ombudsman slams councils over homelessness cases
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 »
Crisis launches campaign to fill gaps in homelessness safety net
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 »
Campaign targets hidden youth homelessness
Welsh Government has launched a campaign urging young people who are at risk of homelessness or already homeless to call a free Housing Advice Helpline run by Shelter Cymru and Llamau. Now in its second year, the youth homelessness campaign… Read more »
John Puzey to retire from Shelter Cymru
John Puzey will stand down as the director of Shelter Cymru this Autumn after over 30 years at the helm of Wales’ leading independent housing and homelessness charity. Among tributes paid to him, First Minister Mark Drakeford said he had… Read more »
A first for Housing First in Wales
Housing minister Julie James announced the first scheme in Wales to be awarded Housing First Wales accreditation at a ceremony on Thursday morning. Conwy and Denbighshire Housing First will receive the accreditation from the minister during a web event hosted… Read more »