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The latest issue of Welsh Housing Quarterly explores the growing pressure on household budgets and its impact on housing affordability across Wales. As energy bills, rents, and everyday essentials continue to rise, WHQ brings together perspectives from across the housing… Read more »
England and Wales Housing allowance freeze continues for private renters Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates remain frozen at their 2024-25 levels for a second consecutive year, limiting the housing support available to private renters during 2026-27. The rates determine the… Read more »
Andy Burnham’s high-profile housing pitch echoes a playbook long familiar in Wales, writes Cathy Owens. But being ahead on principle is not the same as winning on delivery In the run-up to Andy Burnham walking into Downing Street, we learned… Read more »
Photo: Wesley Tingey via Unsplash Our regular update from Welsh Government includes the roles of the Regulatory Advisory Group and the Independent Assurance Panel Challenge, scrutiny and better regulation: the role of the RAG and IAP Good regulation depends on… Read more »
Cymru a Lloegr Lwfans tai wedi’i rewi o hyd i rentwyr preifat Mae cyfraddau’r Lwfans Tai Lleol (LHA) yn parhau wedi’u rhewi ar lefelau 2024-25 am yr ail flwyddyn yn olynol, gan gyfyngu ar y cymorth tai sydd ar gael… Darllenwch fwy »
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 »
Llun: Wesley Tingey via Unsplash Mae ein diweddariad rheolaidd gan Lywodraeth Cymru’n cynnwys rolau’r Grŵp Cynghori ar Reoleiddio a’r Panel Sicrwydd Annibynnol Herio, craffu a rheoleiddio gwell: rôl y Grŵp Cynghori ar Reoleiddio a’r Panel Sicrwydd Annibynnol Mae rheoleiddio da’n… Darllenwch fwy »
The Welsh Government has put social housing, renters’ rights and retrofit at the centre of its programme for 2026-30, setting out commitments with implications for landlords, councils and regeneration organisations. The programme pledges at least 20,000 additional social homes by… Read more »
More than £2.3 million is being invested in housing and care projects in Caerphilly and Carmarthenshire in a bid to help people with care needs live independently for longer. The funding, provided through the Welsh Government’s Housing with Care Fund,… Read more »
DATBLYGIADAU POLISI MEWN RHANNAU ERAILL O’R DU CYMRU A LLOEGR Ni all budd-daliadau a phlant fod yn sail i wrthod tenantiaid o dan reolau newydd O 1 Mehefin, ni all landlordiaid ac asiantiaid gosod yng Nghymru a Lloegr wrthod darpar-denantiaid… Darllenwch fwy »
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