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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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
First minister Mark Drakeford promises ‘a stronger, greener and fairer Wales’ in a new Programme for Government launched today. Climate change and the environment will be at the heart of the new government and the statement highlights the creation of… Read more »
Matt Dicks previews this week’s TAI 2021 conference. It’s been a profoundly challenging year for us all. But housing professionals in Wales have done a standout job in meeting the challenges of a global pandemic head on, working tirelessly to… Read more »
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