Wales goes to the polls in May next year to choose the next Welsh government, in addition 2026 will also mark the 80th anniversary of the passing of the National Health Service Act (1946). I am reminded of Aneurin Bevan’s… Read more »
Right to housing
White Paper stops short of right to adequate housing
Welsh Government has published a long-awaited White Paper setting out a ‘progressive path towards achieving housing adequacy for the people of Wales’. But the consultation document falls short of what campaigners had hoped would be support for incorporating a right… Read more »
Green paper calls for evidence on adequate housing and fair rents
Welsh Government has launched its long-awaited consultation on the right to adequate housing and fair rents. A green paper published on Tuesday (March 6) seeks views and evidence on rents, landlord and tenant behaviour, affordability and how to improve the… Read more »
Right to adequate housing ‘would save billions’
Introducing a right to adequate housing in Wales would generate billions of pounds worth of savings over the next 30 years, says independent analysis for supporters of the policy. The headline finding from the Back the Bill campaign comes from… Read more »
Look out for the new WHQ
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 »
Wales ‘can lead the way’ on right to housing
The Back the Bill campaign has published the first phase of research into the social and economic impacts of a right to adequate housing in Wales that highlights the potential benefits for the country. Focusing on international comparisons – including… Read more »
‘Due regard’ to right to housing will be in Bill
Housing minister Julie James has confirmed that the right to adequate housing will feature as a ‘due regard’ duty in the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Bill. Speaking in the Senedd on Tuesday, she confirmed what she had already said… Read more »
Joint call for right to housing
Three leading Welsh housing organisations are calling for the right to housing to be recognised in Welsh law. Tai Pawb, CIH Cymru and Shelter Cymru launched a jointly-commissioned report looking at the positive impacts that incorporating the UN-enshrined right to… Read more »