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With four days to go before the Homeless World Cup kicks off in Cardiff, Welsh homelessness charity Cymorth Cymru has launched a campaign which calls on people and organisations to play their part in ending homelessness. Backed by Welsh actor… Read more »
Welsh Government should commit to a 30-year programme to reduce carbon emissions from housing. That’s just one of the recommendations of an independent report commissioned by Welsh ministers last year and has been produced by an independent Advisory Group on… Read more »
Housing minister Julie James will accept all but one of the recommendations of the Independent Review of Affordable Housing Supply and has also written to planning authorities across Wales to emphasise that local development plans must support sites made up… Read more »
Welsh Government is to consult on extending the notice period for no-fault evictions of private renters from two to six months. The plan announced by housing minister Julie James at the Shelter Cymru conference in Swansea on Thursday would be… Read more »
As we approach the 10th anniversary of the ground-breaking Can Do Toolkits, Professor Kevin Morgan says they may offer the key to creative public procurement and help to deliver on the Foundational Economy. The story of the Can Do Toolkit is… Read more »
Housing and local government minister Julie James has invited Jon Sparkes, chief executive of Crisis, to chair a Homelessness Action Group that will advise Welsh Government. The group of experts will look at: What approaches are needed to end homelessness… Read more »
Poor quality housing costs the NHS in Wales more than £95m per year in treatment costs, according to a new report, and action to tackle it could see a return on investment within six years, according to a new report…. Read more »
Three leading Welsh housing organisations are calling for the right to housing to be recognised in Welsh law. Tai Pawb, CIH Cymru and Shelter Cymru launched a jointly-commissioned report looking at the positive impacts that incorporating the UN-enshrined right to… Read more »
New to the job is a feature where we meet people from across the sector who have taken on a new role. If you want to take part email ben.black@bronafon.org.uk What is your name? Rachelle Beasley Where do you work and what… Read more »
Current arrangements for the regulation of housing in Wales are ‘unsustainable’ and risk being compromised by a lack of resources. That is the blunt warning to Welsh Government in a performance report just published by the Regulatory Board for Wales… Read more »
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