Help to Buy Wales scheme will be extended until March 2022 in a third phase, housing minister Julie James has announced. The equity loan home ownership scheme, which was due to close to applicants on 31 March 2021, will be extended… Read more »
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Longer notice periods for eviction extended by six months
The temporary increase in notice periods for eviction in Wales will be extended to the end of March, housing minister Julie James announced this week. Notice periods for all tenancies had been due to return to their pre-Covid position after… Read more »
John Puzey to retire from Shelter Cymru
John Puzey will stand down as the director of Shelter Cymru this Autumn after over 30 years at the helm of Wales’ leading independent housing and homelessness charity. Among tributes paid to him, First Minister Mark Drakeford said he had… Read more »
Will Westminster take back control?
How much of a threat could plans for the post-Brexit UK internal market be to devolved housing policy? Matt Dicks assesses some worrying evidence. Earlier this month, CIH Cymru wrote to the Secretary of State for Wales seeking clarity on… Read more »
A first for Housing First in Wales
Housing minister Julie James announced the first scheme in Wales to be awarded Housing First Wales accreditation at a ceremony on Thursday morning. Conwy and Denbighshire Housing First will receive the accreditation from the minister during a web event hosted… Read more »
Housing coalition sets out post-pandemic manifesto
Good homes should be the heart of a Welsh recovery plan from COVID-19, says a manifesto published today by Homes for All Cymru, a coalition of the key housing organisations in Wales. It argues that the pandemic has demonstrated the… Read more »
Temporary increase in eviction notice period for tenants
A temporary increase in the notice period for eviction will provide greater protection from homelessness for tenants in private rented and housing association accommodation in Wales. The change, which comes into force today (Friday), means that unless a tenant is… Read more »
Gwynne Jones retires from Cartrefi Conwy
After starting his career as a temporary rent collector in the 1980s, Gwynne Jones has retired as managing director of Cartrefi Conwy hailed as ‘a legend of the social housing sector in Wales’. Mr Jones joined Cartrefi Conwy after it… Read more »
Housebuilders launch safe working charter
Developers, builders and housing associations have teamed up with the Welsh Government to launch a house building Site Safety Charter to help construction sites reopen in line with latest health and safety guidance. Housebuilders are gradually returning to work after a three-month layoff… Read more »
Land tax holiday extends threshold to £250,000
People buying their main homes in Wales costing less than £250,000 will not pay any tax under temporary measures announced by finance minister Rebecca Evans on Tuesday. The starting threshold for land transaction tax will increase from £180,000 to £250,000… Read more »