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A group of experts has urged Welsh Government to follow a series of recommendations to improve the delivery of affordable housing. The Affordable Homes Taskforce was set up by housing secretary Jayne Bryant in October. Chaired by Lee Waters MS… Read more »
Housing secretary Jayne Bryant has hailed the work of a new collaboration of social landlords ahead of its official launch next week. Tai ar y Cyd, a collaboration of 23 Welsh social landlords, has produced a groundbreaking pattern book of… Read more »
Extra funding for new social housing and housing support feature in the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget for 2025/26. Finance secretary Mark Drakeford revealed details what he said would be ‘a good Budget for Wales’ on Tuesday. Alongside boosts for health… Read more »
An influential Senedd committee has called for greater investment in social housing and the creation of a national development corporation to speed up housebuilding by buying land and planning housing across Wales. A report from the Local Government and Housing… Read more »
A new survey highlights the impact of stretched budgets and expanding workload on the housing sector workforce. With many teams reporting to be at breaking point, the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Cymru says its latest sector snapshot report reflects widespread… Read more »
Social homes target Welsh Government’s target of 20,000 new low carbon social homes for rent by 2026 will not be met without significant extra capital investment, says Audit Wales in a new report published today (Thursday). The watchdog estimates that… Read more »
Trivallis has advised 40 households to immediately move out of their homes due to risk of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC). Survey work carried out by Trivallis on its properties in the Hirwaun area has identified issues with the roofs… Read more »
Finance minister Rebecca Evans has found £10 million in extra funding for social housing and homelessness prevention in the Welsh Government’s Final Budget for 2024/25. The minister said was able to make more changes than usual to the Draft Budget… Read more »
Social housing rents in Wales will rise by a maximum of 6.7 per cent from April 2024, climate change minister Julie James announced on Friday. The increase is in line with the inflation rate in September and follows an agreement… Read more »
Climate change minister Julie James has launched a ‘bold and progressive’ new Welsh Housing Quality Standard (WHQS) that will see major changes to social housing in Wales. WHQS 2023 is the successor to the original WHQS introduced in 2002 that… Read more »
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