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The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has published a plan to avoid a spike in evictions when temporary Coronavirus protections for renters end. Working with barrister Liz Davies, CIH Cymru has developed a detailed set of proposals to avoid a… Read more »
Housing minister Julie James has announced new funding of up to £20m to help ensure that no-one in emergency shelter during the Coronavirus crisis has to return to the streets or unsuitable accommodation. Over 800 people have been housed since… Read more »
The people of Wales are being urged to seek help now if they’re experiencing housing issues. That’s the message in a new digital campaign on housing advice launched today (Saturday). Developed with Shelter Cymru, the campaign will direct people to… Read more »
If you work in housing and homelessness the decisions you make in your daily working life are likely to involve administrative justice. Helen Taylor reports on findings from a research project that reveals impacts that vary between different types of… Read more »
United Welsh has agreed a £50 million loan with Scottish Widows that will enable it to build 700 new homes in South Wales. At a fixed rate of less than 2.5% for 30 years, the loan will help the association… Read more »
Jane Dodds, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, says we need a new social contract for the future after the pandemic. The word crisis comes from the Greek word to mean separate or to sieve. A crisis then is a… Read more »
A month, which seems like a decade, ago the April issue of WHQ was going to focus on one of the fundamentals of housing: rents. And then the Coronavirus changed everything. For landlords, tenants, local authorities, homelessness organisations and everyone… Read more »
Shelter Cymru has launched a petition calling for urgent action to strengthen the welfare safety net for tenants to stop a wave of evictions and homelessness when the Coronavirus crisis is over. It says the COVID-19 outbreak is causing huge… Read more »
A wide range of guidance is available across the housing sector and is constantly evolving as the situation changes. General information and resources about the outbreak are available from Public Health Wales at phw.nhs.wales/topics/latest-information-on-novel-coronavirus-covid-19/. Welsh Government Detailed Welsh Government guidance… Read more »
In the final blog by students who attended the Wales Housing Research Conference 2020, Naomii Thomas reflects on the role of the private rented sector. The conference did as it promised and delivered excellent insight into a wide range of… Read more »
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