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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Key change in housing law set for July 15
Climate change minister Julie James says that the way we rent homes in Wales will become ‘simpler and more transparent’ when key legal changes are implemented in July. The minister announced her intention to implement the Renting Homes (Wales) Act… Read more »
Investment boost for Sero Technologies
Insurance company Legal and General and Welsh bank Hodge have invested £5.5 million in energy technology and services company Sero Technologies. The equity agreement gives than a stake of just under 30 per cent in the Cardiff-based company that has… Read more »
Welsh Government sets out Budget commitments for housing
New social housing, decarbonisation and a second phase of the Building Safety Fund all feature in Welsh Government’s three-year Draft Budget published on Monday. The plans announced by finance minister Rebecca Evans set out spending plans for 2022/23 and indicative… Read more »
United Welsh appoints new group chief executive
Richard Mann will become the new group chief executive of United Welsh from January 2022. Formerly deputy chief executive and group director of operations, his new is seen as pivotal in United Welsh’s growth. The association currently provides over 6,300… Read more »
Facing Christmas without a home
Over 1,500 children in Wales will wake up this Christmas without a place to call home, says Shelter Cymru. The charity says an unprecedented amount of children in Wales will be homeless and living in temporary accommodation. According to the… Read more »
Wales ‘can lead the way’ on right to housing
The Back the Bill campaign has published the first phase of research into the social and economic impacts of a right to adequate housing in Wales that highlights the potential benefits for the country. Focusing on international comparisons – including… Read more »
Students call for action on surging rents
Rents for purpose-built student accommodation in Wales have increased 29 per cent in the last three years. That’s the result of a survey published today by student housing charity Unipol and the National Union for Students (NUS), which is continuing… Read more »
Minister launches plan to end homelessness
A new Private Rented Sector Leasing Scheme forms part of the Ending Homelessness Action Plan that will be launched by climate change minister Julie James in the Senedd later today. The minister will announce a new £30 million funding pot… Read more »
Councils praise pandemic response but warn of homelessness problems ahead
Local authorities have praised Welsh Government’s homelessness response to the pandemic but are expecting a increase in people seeking homelessness support as evictions and repossessions rise and cuts to Universal Credit bite. The findings come from the Homelessness Monitor Wales… Read more »