The January issue of WHQ is hot off the presses featuring the 2016 Assembly election, the birth of a mutual in Merthyr, the story of Welsh housing and much, much more. The cover feature previews the role of housing and… Read more »
Social housing
Minister confirms social rent formula will continue
The current social rent policy will continue to apply in Wales in 2016/17 after an announcement by communities and tackling poverty minister Lesley Griffiths. The decision follows a modelling exercise conducted to assess the impact of the 1% a year cut in rents… Read more »
Social housing in front of the lens
Earlier this year CIH Cymru laid down a challenge for amateur snappers in the sector: help prove that social housing can be beautiful. Setting out to bust the myth that social housing is only available in the dreary, concrete block… Read more »
The Draft Budget and Welsh housing
Welsh Government protected the Supporting People programme and increased Social Housing Grant in its Draft Budget for 2016/17. Housing organisations welcomed this good news in the wake of a UK Spending Review that saw significant reductions in departmental funding. There… Read more »
Beyond equality
What kind of future Wales can social housing organisations help create? Tamsin Stirling outlines her thinking. Tai Pawb asked me to contribute to its Creating Homes conference in October 2015 – it asked me to think about how social housing organisations have… Read more »