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 »
Supply
MMC to be at heart of social house building
Factory-made housing should be at the heart of affordable housing supply in Wales, says housing minister Julie James. Welsh Government wants local authorities to build far more council homes at scale and pace but says they face the same capacity… Read more »
Innovative housing funding revealed
Successful projects in the second round of Welsh Government innovative housing funding include houses that generate their own power, flats with vertical gardens and homes built using Welsh timber. The £43m of funding announced by housing minister Rebecca Evans is the second phase of… Read more »
Innovation, innovation, innovation
The Welsh Government held an Innovative Housing Conference in Cardiff, where SMEs involved in providing materials, innovative designs and ideas to the housing sector exhibited their products and delivered a series of workshops. CIH Cymru Director, Matt Dicks attended and… Read more »
£20m backing for innovative homes
Communities and children secretary Carl Sargeant has announced a new programme to deliver innovative models of housing to help increase the number of homes built in Wales. The programme, which will initially be funded by £20m over the next two… Read more »