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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 »
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 »
Housing minister Julie James has announced new funding of up to £20m to help ensure that no-one in emergency shelter during the Coronavirus crisis has to return to the streets or unsuitable accommodation. Over 800 people have been housed since… Read more »
Jane Dodds, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, says we need a new social contract for the future after the pandemic. The word crisis comes from the Greek word to mean separate or to sieve. A crisis then is a… Read more »
Councils in Wales will get an extra £10 million to help them to take immediate and direct action to protect homeless people and rough sleepers in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The additional funding from Welsh Government will enable… Read more »
Welsh Government has accepted in principle wide-ranging recommendations the Homelessness Action Group, says housing minister Julie James. The group of experts was appointed last year to advise on Welsh Government’s ambitious goal of ending all forms of homelessness or ensure… Read more »
In the audience at the recent Wales Housing Research Conference 2020 were four students from Cardiff Metropolitan University. In the first in a series of blogs sharing their impressions, Natasha Ham reflects on the gap between ideas and delivery in… Read more »
Housing minister Julie James said she was disappointed with the rise in rough sleeping in Wales and that the numbers involved are ‘unacceptably high’. In a written statement, she said: ‘As a Government committed to the goal of ending homelessness,… Read more »
Rough sleeping in Wales is up 17 per cent on a year ago, according to the latest Welsh Government count. Local authorities estimated that 405 people were sleeping rough in a two-week period in October 2019. That was an increase… Read more »
Welsh Government has launched a major new campaign to raise awareness that ‘Homelessness doesn’t always live on the streets’. The campaign to tackle hidden homelessness is targeted at young people who may be at risk of or already experiencing homelessness… Read more »
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