A new scheme from Welsh Government could help hundreds of home owners in Wales who are struggling with soaring mortgage costs. The Help to Stay Wales mortgage support scheme will offer equity loans to struggling owners for up to 15… Read more »
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Cynon Taf appoints new chief executive
Following an extensive recruitment process, Cynon Taf Community Housing Group (CTCHG) has appointed Auriol Miller as its new chief executive. Working with executive search recruitment agency, Goodson Thomas, CTCHG received more than 60 expressions of interest in the role. Auriol… Read more »
Minister caps social rent rise at 6.7% next year
Social housing rents in Wales will rise by a maximum of 6.7 per cent from April 2024, climate change minister Julie James announced on Friday. The increase is in line with the inflation rate in September and follows an agreement… Read more »
New WHQ out now
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 »
New Welsh Housing Quality Standard ‘raises the bar for social housing’
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 »
White Paper sets out plans to end homelessness in Wales
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 »
New WHQ out now
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 »
Conference widens the lens on housing and homelessness
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 »
Keynote speakers revealed for One Big conference
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 »
Green paper calls for evidence on adequate housing and fair rents
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 »