New tax powers to incentivise developers to complete stalled sites and build more homes are being held up in Westminster, says finance minister Rebecca Evans. The vacant land tax was first proposed in 2017 as a way to stop landowners… Read more »
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Fossil fuels ban is key milestone in road to decarbonisation
The housing sector in Wales is looking forward to the end of this working week – not because it signals the start of the weekend, but because it signals the start of something much bigger. From Friday, October 1, new… Read more »
United Welsh brings timber frame factory to Caerphilly
The United Welsh Group is developing a factory in the heart of Caerphilly to build timber frame, low carbon homes. Due to open this autumn, the factory will manufacture high quality, sustainable timber frame structures complete with factory fitted insulation… Read more »
Quality requirements set heating, recycling and space standards for new social homes
Fossil fuel heating will be banned in new social homes from October and Welsh Government wants private developers to adopt the same new build standards by 2025. The move is part of a Welsh Government commitment to renewable energies and… Read more »
Cutting Universal Credit by £20 a week will remove vital safety net, says CHC
The £20 a week uplift in Universal Credit has been the difference between paying the bills and putting food on the table for housing association tenants in Wales – but the majority of them do not know it is temporary… Read more »
Minister hails doubled funding for low-carbon social homes
Climate change minister Julie James has hailed one of Wales’s first ‘positive energy’ social housing schemes as ‘an exemplar’ for developers, housing associations and councils to follow in the drive to build 20,000 new low carbon homes for rent. Visiting Wales… Read more »
Minister reveals phase 1 of Welsh Building Safety Fund
Welsh Government will pay for fire safety surveys and establish a Fire Safety – Building Passport scheme for multi-occupied residential buildings over 11m, climate change minister Julie James announced on Monday. In a written statement, the minister hailed steps already… Read more »
Call for £15bn retrofit plan to end fuel poverty
The Future Generations Commissioner for Wales is calling for a massive retrofit investment plan to eradicate fuel poverty in Wales by 2030. The £15bn investment plan for housing is urgently needed and would, according to Sophie Howe in a new… Read more »
Action pledged on second homes
New measures to tackle the impact second homes are planned to ‘inject fairness back into the housing system’. Climate change minister Julie James will set out an ‘ambitious three-pronged approach’ to address the impact of second home ownership on communities… Read more »
Hardship grant launched for private renters as eviction ban ends
Welsh Government is launching a new £10 million grant scheme to help people in private rented accommodation who are struggling to pay their rent because of the pandemic. The Tenancy Hardship Grant is designed to support people who have fallen… Read more »