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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 »
Featuring a technology special, housing in the Senedd election, the future of Wales as a ‘forest nation’ and much, much more, the Spring issue of WHQ is out now online and will be with subscribers in the next few days…. Read more »
Welsh political parties are being urged to change homelesssness legislation that Crisis says is leaving people stuck in a cycle of homelessness for longer, pushed further from support and more likely to experience multiple forms of homelessness. New research from… Read more »
The first surveys have been carried out in an ambitious pathfinder project to decarbonise social housing across Wales. The Optimised Retrofit project, supported by Welsh Government, is now live, with whole home surveys being delivered across Wales by more than… Read more »
The Chartered Institute of Housing has introduced set of professional standards setting out the knowledge, skills and behaviour which underpin the great work that housing professionals do every day. With more than 100 years’ experience in learning and knowledge, CIH… 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 »
Monmouthshire Housing Association (MHA) has struck an £85m deal to refinance its entire loan portfolio, securing £65m from the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) in its first direct investment into the UK social housing sector. The PPF’s funding is for 40… Read more »
Housing minister Julie James has written to her counterpart in England criticising a ‘disappointing’ lack of engagement between Westminster and Cardiff Bay over a major announcement on dangerous cladding. England’s housing secretary Robert Jenrick revealed details on Wednesday of £3.5… Read more »
The new issue of WHQ is out now online and in print. As well as the latest on housing and the pandemic, look out for a special focus on the private rented sector, the Senedd election and the future of… Read more »
People in Blaenau Gwent have been invited to share their views and solutions for tackling the climate crisis in what will be Wales’ first Climate Assembly. The Blaenau Gwent Climate Assembly will be held online during two weekends in March… Read more »
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