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Wales needs significantly more new homes than previously thought, according to new estimates of housing need released by the Welsh Government. The 2025-based estimates published on Thursday suggest a need for 9,400 additional housing units to meet existing unmet housing… Read more »
The Senedd has given Stage 4 approval to landmark homelessness legislation that campaigners say has the potential to transform how Wales prevents and tackles homelessness. The Homelessness and Social Housing Allocations (Wales) Bill includes the abolition of ‘priority need’ and… Read more »
The Welsh Government has promised to bring forward new rights for leaseholders whose homes are undergoing building safety remediation as part of the Building Safety Bill. During Stage 2 scrutiny of the legislation at the end of January, housing secretary… Read more »
Housing secretary Jayne Bryant has announced an an indicative £50 million for the Transitional Accommodation Capital Programme (TACP) enabling the scheme to re-open for 2026/27. The money comes from the Social Housing Grants budget agreed in the final Welsh Government Budget in January and… Read more »
With perhaps the most consequential election in Wales since devolution little more than three months away, the Winter issue of WHQ looks in depth at the prospects for the next Welsh Government. We hear first from all six main parties… Read more »
Welsh Housing Quarterly is looking for a new editor to take the helm of the magazine from next year. WHQ is the only independent housing and regeneration digital magazine for and about Wales. It is, as the name implies, a… Read more »
After Welsh Government published key data on affordable housing supply and progress towards the 20,000 homes target on Thursday, WHQ spoke to housing secretary Jayne Bryant. Our story yesterday looked at what happened in 2024/25 and the projection that the… Read more »
The Welsh Government is set to fall short of its target of 20,000 affordable homes in this Senedd term but expects to meet it by November 2026. Official statistics published on Thursday show that 3,530 affordable homes were delivered towards… Read more »
The Welsh Government has allocated an additional £55 million to its Transitional Accommodation Capital Programme, boosting this year’s budget to £155 million. TACP supports a range of schemes including the acquisition of existing dwellings, conversion of non-residential buildings into housing… Read more »
This Autumn issue of WHQ has just been published, featuring building safety, misinformation, temporary accommodation, affordability and much, much more. Building safety is our primary theme. We have the latest on the Building Safety (Wales) Bill as it works its… Read more »
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