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The first Welsh woman to climb Mount Everest and an award-winning former BBC journalist are among the line-up of speakers for Community Housing Cymru’s One Big conference in Cardiff next month. Tori James and Sarah Dickins will be speaking at… Read more »

New council homes, the role of the traditional housing officer and the future of the private rented sector in Wales all feature in the Spring issue of WHQ that will be published this week. Subscribers can also look forward to… Read more »

Trivallis has formed a new executive leadership team, with Duncan Forbes as CEO, Keiron Montague as executive director of communities and (from May) Lisa Pinney as executive director of resources. Duncan Forbes joined Trivallis in July 2022, as an interim chief… Read more »

Shelter Cymru is calling on Welsh Government to create a new scheme to rescue the homes of people struggling to afford their mortgage payments because of the cost of living crisis. The people and homes charity says a mortgage rescue… Read more »

The new issue of WHQ out this week takes repairs and maintenance as its main theme and has damp and mould as its sad but inevitable starting point. The tragic death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak and the inquest verdict in… Read more »

Finance minister Rebecca Evans has announced Draft Budget plans that she says will protect public services and the most vulnerable. But there was disappointment across the housing sector over spending lines that have failed to keep pace with inflation since… Read more »

The biggest change to housing law in Wales for decades comes into force today (Thursday, December 1) in a move that Welsh Government says will bring greater transparency and consistency to renting a home. Implementation of the Renting Homes (Wales)… Read more »

The cost of living crisis is the main theme of the Autumn issue of WHQ, which will be published this week. Rising prices for everything from food and petrol to gas and electricity mean a bleak winter is looming in… Read more »

Pobl has appointed Julia Cherrett as its chair designate, confirming that current chair, Wendy Bourton OBE, is to stand down after serving six years in post.  Julia is expected to be formally confirmed in the role at the group’s annual general meeting in September.  Wendy’s… Read more »

Wales needs an urgent strategy to plug a massive funding gap to bring private rented sector homes up to net zero standards. That is the message from new research from Tyfu Tai Cymru (part of CIH Cymru) that outlines a… Read more »