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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 »
Julie James sets out the Welsh Government response to Coronavirus and the support available to homeless people, tenants, home owners, landlords and local authorities We are living in unprecedented times. It’s a much used phrase but sadly it’s true. The… Read more »
In the third in our series of blogs by housing students who attended the Wales Housing Research Conference 2020, Hannah Rowson reflects on cultural change and why minding our language matters. Attending the 2020 Wales Housing Research Conference, I had… Read more »
Social and private tenants will be protected from eviction for at least three months under an emergency bill to be introduced by Welsh Government in response to Coronavirus. A package of measures will also give mortgage borrowers a three-month payment… Read more »
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