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More than one in three private landlords in Wales are potentially breaking the law by discriminating against tenants receiving benefits, according to new research from Shelter Cymru. The housing charity launches a campaign this week to let landlords and tenants… Read more »
Local authorities will be able to charge 300 per cent council tax premiums on second homes and apply new tax rules for holiday lets under Welsh Government plans to ensure people can find an affordable home in the place they… Read more »
Wales Co-operative Centre is calling for a series of reforms including new legislation to help community groups deliver perpetually affordable housing in their local areas. The proposed changes would give community organisations a statutory first right of refusal over assets… Read more »
The Welsh Government’s final Budget for 2022/23 includes an extra £18 million for two housing schemes as well as the £330 million cost of living package revealed two weeks ago. Details published today (March 1) include an additional £10 million… Read more »
Grŵp Cynefin is recruiting a senior community housing officer as part of its role in the Welsh Government’s affordable housing pilot in Dwyfor looking for solutions to Gwynedd’s housing crisis. The officer will gather information on local housing needs and,… Read more »
Matt Dicks gives a Welsh perspective on the UK Government’s long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper. Levelling up is the strategy upon which Boris Johnson built his 2019 election victory. It was, and remains, the subtext to ‘taking back control’ through… Read more »
Caerphilly Council has announced the completion of its Welsh Housing Quality Standard (WHQS) improvement programme. This is largest single investment ever made into the council’s housing stock, with over £260 million spent on improvements to tenants’ homes and communities. The… Read more »
Wales will be almost £1 billion worse off by 2024 as a result of the UK Government’s failure to honour its commitment to match European funding in full after Breixt, says economy minister Vaughan Gething. The Leave campaign promised during… Read more »
Pobl Group has chosen Lovell as its preferred partner to deliver a design and build scheme for 123 new homes on the former Caerphilly County Borough Council office site in Pontllanfraith. The scheme includes a mix of 40 one-, two-, three-… Read more »
Here’s a sneak preview of the new issue of Welsh Housing Quarterly that will be published and online this week. The theme for our Winter 2022 issue is supply and we have good news and bad news for affordable housing…. Read more »
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