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An expert group will examine all of the lessons coming out of the Grenfell Tower tragedy and their application to Wales, communities and children secretary Carl Sargeant told the Assembly on Tuesday. The group will include representatives from the social… Read more »
Natalie Farr reflects on the first conference held by Crisis in Wales. Crisis, the national charity for homeless people, recently held a conference – its first in Wales – entitled ‘Ending Homelessness: what should change next?’ This was part of… Read more »
Keith Edwards pays tribute to the late Rhodri Morgan. I first met Rhodri when I was his warm up man at a CND public meeting in Llanishen in 1988. He didn’t remember this when he was kind enough to come… Read more »
The Homes for Wales coalition has relaunched its campaign to raise awareness of the housing crisis in Wales ahead of the UK General Election in June. Following a successful campaign during the 2016 Assembly Election to raise devolved housing issues up the political… Read more »
The Spring issue of WHQ is out now. The print magazine is on its way to subscribers and articles will be going online in the next few days. Supply is the key theme of this issue and a series of… Read more »
A Bill to abolish the right to buy in Wales is set to be introduced in the National Assembly today (Monday). The Right to Buy and Associated Rights (Wales) Bill will abolish the Right to Buy for council tenants and… Read more »
Nine out of ten Welsh tenants on universal credit (UC) have a negative view of it. That’s one of the findings from the the first-ever Welsh research into the impact of the new benefit from the tenant’s perspective. Launched in Cardiff… Read more »
Matt Kennedy explains how housing professionals can help older people who feel on their own. As I sit here typing, it’s a Friday. Many people will already have their weekend plans well in-hand, no doubt peppered with socialising among friends… Read more »
Communities and children secretary Carl Sargeant has announced a new programme to deliver innovative models of housing to help increase the number of homes built in Wales. The programme, which will initially be funded by £20m over the next two… Read more »
First Scotland, now England. The campaign to stop letting agents charging fees to tenants in Wales continues, says Liz Silversmith of Let Down in Wales. There have been some curious developments in the Assembly recently on whether Wales should ban letting agency fees…. Read more »
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