Making sure that residents are safe is the most important thing after the Grenfell Tower fire, not playing a blame game, says Sharon Morden. More than nine months after the tragic events at Grenfell it’s plain to see why the… Read more »
Social housing
LHA cap scrapped for supported and social housing
There were sighs of relief across Wales and the UK after the Westminster government decided it will not go ahead with plans to impose a local housing allowance (LHA) cap on supported and social housing. Theresa May revealed the decision… Read more »
Minister makes fire safety pledge
An expert group will examine all of the lessons coming out of the Grenfell Tower tragedy and their application to Wales, communities and children secretary Carl Sargeant told the Assembly on Tuesday. The group will include representatives from the social… Read more »
Legislation will end the Right to Buy
A Bill to abolish the right to buy in Wales is set to be introduced in the National Assembly today (Monday). The Right to Buy and Associated Rights (Wales) Bill will abolish the Right to Buy for council tenants and… Read more »
Minister boosts funding for social housing
Welsh Government has announced an extra £30m for social housing this year as it prepares to sign a Housing Supply Delivery Pact with housing associations and local authorities. The extra money takes the Social Housing Grant (SHG) programme budget to… Read more »
A statement of intent on the LHA
Paul Langley blogs on the far-reaching implications of the UK government’s latest announcement on the LHA and social housing. The announcement that Local Housing Allowance (LHA) will apply to all social housing tenants on Universal Credit and new or re-let… Read more »
More social tenants affected by LHA cap
Community Housing Cymru (CHC) has criticised a Westminster government decision that means more social housing tenants will see their housing benefit capped at local housing allowance (LHA) rates. In a written statement on the policy for general needs housing, work… Read more »
Welsh social landlords ‘evicting 500 children a year’
More than 500 children were made homeless last year after their families were evicted from social housing, according to a report by Shelter Cymru. The homelessness charity estimates that social landlords evicted 914 households in 2015/16. Almost a third of… Read more »
Ten links to check out from the WHQ June 2016 edition
The June 2016 edition of WHQ was packed as usual with useful articles. We’ve rounded up ten websites that are mentioned or included in the magazine to make it easy for you to check out those tips. The page in… Read more »
Regeneration without gentrification?
Steve Clarke looks at the issues raised by David Cameron’s estate regeneration programme in England and the potential implications for Wales. Two terms have become increasingly important to tenants recently, regeneration and gentrification. Regeneration is a term that means different… Read more »