There were sighs of relief across Wales and the UK after the Westminster government decided it will not go ahead with plans to impose a local housing allowance (LHA) cap on supported and social housing. Theresa May revealed the decision… Read more »
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Innovative housing winners revealed
Communities secretary Carl Sargeant allocated an extra £9m to the Innovative Housing Programme this year as he revealed details of 22 affordable housing projects that will benefit. Launched in February, the programme aims to create demonstrator projects to help inform… Read more »
LHA cap ‘will make social housing unaffordable’
The local housing allowance (LHA) cap will create a postcode lottery of rent shortfalls across Wales, according to new analysis published by Community Housing Cymru (CHC). CHC says that the cap that will be imposed by the UK Government from… Read more »
Remain, remoan and rejoice
Paul Langley assesses the latest news on universal credit and the local housing allowance and argues Brexit could bring some good news. Last summer’s referendum result has rumbled on and on and continues to be a divisive topic for many in… Read more »
Welfare questions for Wales
In answer to The Big Question posed at the CIH Cymru conference in Cardiff, there were times when it felt less like being ‘at the cliff edge’ than being one of those cartoon characters who runs beyond the cliff and… Read more »
Our experience of universal credit
Torfaen County Borough Council is already seeing a significant impact of universal credit since the roll out to full service in July, says Elke Winton. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) reports that already over 1,000 claimants have transferred… Read more »
Focus on housing in the draft budget
The Welsh Government’s latest draft budget features further protection for Supporting People, more money for affordable homes and reform of tax on home sales. The details of the draft budget for 2018/19 and 2019/20 were announced by finance secretary Mark… Read more »
Making youth homelessness everybody’s business
Tamsin Stirling blogs on her trip to find out more about how organisations in the United States and Canada are tackling youth homelessness. I feel very lucky to have secured a travel fellowship from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust to… Read more »
Innovation, innovation, innovation
The Welsh Government held an Innovative Housing Conference in Cardiff, where SMEs involved in providing materials, innovative designs and ideas to the housing sector exhibited their products and delivered a series of workshops. CIH Cymru Director, Matt Dicks attended and… Read more »
Shortlist revealed for Welsh Housing Awards
CIH Cymru has announced the names of the organisations and people that have been shortlisted for the Welsh Housing Awards 2017 across ten categories Organisations made applications across ten categories reflecting the priorities and challenges facing the sector. Nominations were… Read more »