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Standards in general, and the Welsh Housing Quality Standard (WHQS) 2023 in particular, feature as the theme of the Autumn issue of WHQ published this week in English and in Welsh. The focus, inevitably, is in decarbonisation and affordable warmth,… Read more »
Climate change minister Julie James has launched a ‘bold and progressive’ new Welsh Housing Quality Standard (WHQS) that will see major changes to social housing in Wales. WHQS 2023 is the successor to the original WHQS introduced in 2002 that… Read more »
Climate change minister Julie James chose World Homelessness Day to introduce a White Paper that sets out how the Welsh Government plans to end homelessness in Wales. The proposals focus on improving prevention and early intervention, through the introduction of a… Read more »
The new Summer issue of WHQ – published this week – marks a major milestone for the magazine. Our first fully bilingual issue is available in Welsh and English in both PDF and online edition format. With that very much… Read more »
Leading European voices in the fight to end homelessness will feature at Shelter Cymru’s People and Homes conference in Swansea. Taking place on Tuesday 20 June, this year’s conference will have a hybrid format, with tickets available virtually as well… Read more »
The first Welsh woman to climb Mount Everest and an award-winning former BBC journalist are among the line-up of speakers for Community Housing Cymru’s One Big conference in Cardiff next month. Tori James and Sarah Dickins will be speaking at… Read more »
Welsh Government has launched its long-awaited consultation on the right to adequate housing and fair rents. A green paper published on Tuesday (March 6) seeks views and evidence on rents, landlord and tenant behaviour, affordability and how to improve the… Read more »
New council homes, the role of the traditional housing officer and the future of the private rented sector in Wales all feature in the Spring issue of WHQ that will be published this week. Subscribers can also look forward to… Read more »
Climate change minister Julie James has delivered her latest update on what she called an ‘ambitious’ building safety programme that would make residents feel ‘safe and secure in their homes’. Delivering the update in the Senedd on Tuesday, she confirmed… Read more »
Trivallis has formed a new executive leadership team, with Duncan Forbes as CEO, Keiron Montague as executive director of communities and (from May) Lisa Pinney as executive director of resources. Duncan Forbes joined Trivallis in July 2022, as an interim chief… Read more »
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