The overall benefit cap will hit ten times more families in Wales when it starts to be reduced from November 7, according to new research by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH). The new £20,000 cap will hit 5,844 families… Read more »
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Ending the year on a high
Housing associations in Wales have helped the previous Welsh Government smash its target of building 10,000 affordable homes, says Edwina O’Hart. In the five years up to this May’s election, 11,508 properties were constructed across Wales – and 94 per… Read more »
What does the draft budget mean for housing?
Welsh Government has protected funding for Supporting People and homelessness prevention in its draft budget for next year. More good news came with a boost for the affordable housing budget, with a capital allocation of £1.36bn over the next four… Read more »
Look out for the new WHQ
Health and housing, Brexit and reclassification of housing associations all feature in the Autumn issue of Welsh Housing Quarterly – plus much more besides. Published this week, the cover feature on health and housing is introduced by NHS Wales chief… Read more »
Welsh social landlords ‘evicting 500 children a year’
More than 500 children were made homeless last year after their families were evicted from social housing, according to a report by Shelter Cymru. The homelessness charity estimates that social landlords evicted 914 households in 2015/16. Almost a third of… Read more »
Time for action on reclassification
Welsh Government must learn lessons from England to get the ONS decision on the status of housing associations reversed, says Aaron Hill. Doing things differently to England has so often been the defining mantra of post-devolution politics in Wales. In housing… Read more »
What will the ONS’s decision mean for Wales?
Steffan Evans blogs on challenges and opportunities for housing associations and Welsh Government following the decision to reclassify housing associations as part of the public sector. Housing associations in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are to be reclassified as part of… Read more »
Welsh Government publishes Programme for Government
First minister Carwyn Jones has unveiled key commitments on housing in a five-year Programme for Government for the next Assembly term. The programme includes a pledge to work in partnership to deliver 20,000 affordable homes between 2016 and 2021, including… Read more »
Green spells out supported housing changes
The Westminster government has announced a new funding regime for supported housing. Jules Birch blogs on the implications for Wales. First, the good news: a written statement by UK work and pensions secretary Damian Green confirmed that both the LHA… Read more »
A housing alternative
It’s not just about housing – it’s about people making homes, says David Palmer as he looks to the future of the Welsh co-operative housing programme. Here in Wales we are fortunate that community-led housing is supported by Welsh Government,… Read more »