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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 »
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 »
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 »
Hugh Russell blogs on the launch of the 2016 Let’s Keep on Supporting People campaign. Following the success of last year’s Let’s Keep on Supporting People (SP) campaign, which saw the programme’s funding protected and ringfenced, CHC and Cymorth Cymru have… Read more »
So how is Wales doing on homelessness? Statistics released this week show what happened in the first year of the new system. Here are some of the highlights. The homelessness provisions by the Housing Act (Wales) 2014, including a legal… Read more »
The June 2016 edition of WHQ was packed as usual with useful articles. We’ve rounded up ten websites that are mentioned or included in the magazine to make it easy for you to check out those tips. The page in… Read more »
Jules Birch asks what the EU referendum result will mean for housing and regeneration in Wales. Wales voted 52.5% to 47.5% to Leave, behind England on Brexit but out of step with Scotland and Northern Ireland. Five council areas went… Read more »
Steve Clarke looks at the issues raised by David Cameron’s estate regeneration programme in England and the potential implications for Wales. Two terms have become increasingly important to tenants recently, regeneration and gentrification. Regeneration is a term that means different… Read more »
Volunteer Jonathan Conway explains why he will be donning the florescent jacket for a second time, as a campmaker for Housing Camp Cymru. I got involved in Housing Camp Cymru in 2015 when a friend and colleague invited me to… Read more »
Devolution means housing policy is diverging across the UK. In a lecture for the CIH, Tamsin Stirling gives a Welsh perspective on what we can learn from each other. A former editor and regular WHQ contributor, Tamsin was asked by the… Read more »
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