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What kind of future Wales can social housing organisations help create? Tamsin Stirling outlines her thinking. Tai Pawb asked me to contribute to its Creating Homes conference in October 2015 – it asked me to think about how social housing organisations have… Read more »
Housing escaped the deep cuts that everyone feared in a UK Spending Review dismissed as ‘smoke and mirrors’ by Welsh Government. Chancellor George Osborne announced a funding floor for Wales of 115% of comparable spending per head in England but… Read more »
A new registration and licensing scheme for private landlords and agents in Wales came into effect on Monday November 23. Here’s what’s happening. The key part of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 means that everyone who owns and rents out… Read more »
The two Rs dominated the opening of the Community Housing Cymru conference on Thursday as housing associations debated the implications for housing and the devolution settlement of recent events across the border. CHC chief executive Stuart Ropke called for urgent… Read more »
Legislation to improve the lives of the one million people in Wales who rent their home has passed in the Senedd. The Renting Homes (Wales) Bill will make it simpler and easier to rent a home, replacing various and complex… Read more »
Welsh housing associations are continuing to boost the economy and directly contributed more than £1bn in 2014/15, according to independent research. The findings are part of the latest Welsh Economy Research Unit (WERU) report, commissioned by Community Housing Cymru (CHC),… Read more »
Judy Wayne reports on the celebratory event in Cardiff marking WHQ’s quarter century. Wednesday 11th November saw more than 50 people gather to celebrate the 100th edition of Welsh Housing Quarterly. It doesn’t seem that long since there was a party… Read more »
The growth of the private rented sector is the largest structural change in the Welsh housing market for at least two generations, according to a report for Welsh Government. The report by the Public Policy Institute for Wales and London… Read more »
One of South Wales’ most talented property professionals, Kathryn Morris from Cardiff, has made the shortlist for this year’s RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year Awards. The annual awards seek to recognise those excelling within their surveying roles and… Read more »
A community in Rhondda Cynon Taf has come together to have a ‘healthy conversation’ about lifestyle choices, diet and exercise. As part of the Gwalia Healthy Conversations programme, a Health Action Day was held in Rhydyfelin to promote the importance… Read more »
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