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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 »
Investment in affordable and social housing will grow to £200 million next year, stimulating jobs and training while providing 3,500 additional new homes, according to the plans unveiled by finance minister Rebecca Evans on Monday. The plans are part of… Read more »
Welsh Government has confirmed its final Budget for 2020/21 with little change to its plans for housing. Consequentials flowing from the UK Budget on March 11 could yet change the sums but Tuesday’s final Budget confirms capital spending plans in… Read more »
Funding for Welsh services including homeless hostels and women’s hostels was cut by £37m between 2012 and 2018, according to a report released on Monday. The report, Housing Matters, highlights the impact of the cuts on local authorities, the voluntary… Read more »
Katie Dalton looks at preparations for the new Welsh Government grant for homelessness and housing-related support. It is six months since the Welsh Government’s draft budget announcement and commitment to ring-fence homelessness and housing-related support funding. Since then, a small… Read more »
It has been a year of uncertainty for Supporting People and homelessness funding in Wales. Katie Dalton reflects on the last 12 months and the work that lies ahead. Rewind to 2017 In October 2017 the Welsh Government revealed a… Read more »
Funding for housing-related support will be ring-fenced for the rest of this Assembly term under Draft Budget plans proposed by finance secretary Mark Drakeford. Welsh Government had planned to combine ten government grants, including Supporting People, into one ‘super-grant’ for Early… Read more »
There is an alternative to Welsh Government plans for housing-related grants – and support for it is growing, says Katie Dalton. Over the past few years Welsh ministers have become increasingly keen to rationalise and streamline their portfolio of grants…. Read more »
Simon Rose and Nigel Stannard outline changes to the WLGA Housing Networks and what they mean for work on homelessness and Supporting People. Transforming services and meeting the challenges faced by residents within our communities are stretching all public services… Read more »
A coalition of ten national housing and support organisations has come together to propose a new funding system for homelessness and housing-related support services ahead of a key debate in the National Assembly. The case for a new Homelessness and… Read more »
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