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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 »
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? Liz Jones Where do you work and what… Read more »
Will Atkinson hails progress so far but the campaign continues for further changes. In February, we launched a joint campaign with our sister housing federations in the rest of the UK to reform the broken Universal Credit (UC) system to… Read more »
Welsh Government will reform the system regulating fire safety in high-rise buildings. Housing and local government minister Julie James will tell the Assembly later today (Tuesday) that she will consider new legislation to replace the current Fire Safety Order and… Read more »
Welsh legislation banning fees to tenants will come into force on September 1 after receiving Royal Assent. At an official sealing ceremony today (Wednesday 15 May), the Renting Homes (Fees etc) (Wales) Bill became an Act of the Assembly. First… Read more »
The Independent Review of Affordable Housing Supply has received a warm welcome from across the Welsh housing sector. The review was launched in Cardiff on Wednesday morning by review chair Lynn Pamment and other members of the panel. As reported… Read more »
Wales can produce more affordable housing with the same level of resources if it tackles ‘considerable weaknesses’ in the current system, says the report of the Independent Review of Affordable Housing Supply published this morning (May 1). The panel chaired… Read more »
The minister tasked the panel with ‘making recommendations on how a sustainable rent policy can help determine long term affordability for tenants and the viability of existing and new housing developments’. Key recommendations Welsh Government should implement a five year… Read more »
The panel was asked to provide ‘advice on whether there should be changes to the standards governing the design and quality of affordable housing’ and to ‘evaluate the impact of moving to deliver zero carbon homes by 2020’. Key recommendations… Read more »
The focus of the review was to ‘recommend changes to increase supply and improve delivery from the scarce resources available’. The gap between housing needs and supply means that it is ‘incumbent on all partners to draw on every available… Read more »
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