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Jayne Bryant will continue as housing secretary in the ministerial team announced by new first minister Eluned Morgan on Wednesday. Most of the cabinet appointments made today are the same as the interim ones announced by outgoing first minister Vaughan… Read more »
Julie James has retained the housing brief within a reshaped portfolio in a Welsh Government reshuffle by new first minister Vaughan Gething. She becomes cabinet secretary for housing, local government and planning in the new administration with her former climate… Read more »
The Welsh Government’s final Budget for 2022/23 includes an extra £18 million for two housing schemes as well as the £330 million cost of living package revealed two weeks ago. Details published today (March 1) include an additional £10 million… Read more »
New social housing, decarbonisation and a second phase of the Building Safety Fund all feature in Welsh Government’s three-year Draft Budget published on Monday. The plans announced by finance minister Rebecca Evans set out spending plans for 2022/23 and indicative… Read more »
A right to adequate housing, rent control and radical action on second homes are on the agenda for Wales following a wide-ranging Co-operation Agreement signed by the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru. First minister Mark Drakeford and Plaid leader Adam… Read more »
Julie James retains the housing portfolio as part of a climate change super-ministry under a cabinet reshuffle announced this week. The reshuffle follows Welsh Labour winning 30 of the 60 seats in the Senedd in the election last week. The… Read more »
Social Housing Grant (SHG) will rise by an additional £50 million under the final Welsh Budget for 2021/22. Plans confirmed by finance minister Rebecca Evans will see total SHG investment rise to £250 million, almost four times the amount allocated… Read more »
Hannah Blythyn AM, deputy minister for housing and local government, officially opened Llys Raddington extra care housing scheme – a new independent living option in Flint, North Wales. The scheme, owned by ClwydAlyn Housing, and managed in partnership with Flintshire… Read more »
The Welsh Government’s latest draft budget features further protection for Supporting People, more money for affordable homes and reform of tax on home sales. The details of the draft budget for 2018/19 and 2019/20 were announced by finance secretary Mark… Read more »
Matt Kennedy, policy and public affairs manager at CIH Cymru, takes a look at the evidence provided to the Public Accounts Committee as part of their inquiry into regulation and oversight of housing associations in Wales. Towards the end of… Read more »
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