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Issue 142: Summer 2026

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Editorial

Welcome to my first issue of WHQ – it’s been a joyous learning curve to get to grips with what’s going on in Welsh housing. Our readers will not need telling that it’s a lot, from the seismic election of a Plaid government in Wales, to the passing of groundbreaking homelessness legislation.

Inevitably, this issue takes a good look at what happened and what comes next. A swathe of organisations tell us about their hopes and fears for the new administration, while Amy Bainton writes on what enshrining the right to adequate housing into legislation means for Wales. Tazu Walden offers a fascinating look at how rent controls, one of Plaid’s key election pledges, can look and what has worked elsewhere. And we talk directly to the new housing minister, Sian Gwenllian, while she also offers her own introductory remarks to the sector.

Even the UK-wide picture is changing, with Andy Burnham looking likely to be the next prime minister sooner rather than later. But, while the winds of change are in the air, the Welsh housing sector is, as ever, busy getting on with the business of making sure the people of Wales have somewhere decent to live.

In this issue, we’re also taking a special look at the environment and how the challenges of protecting it put more pressure on the race to deliver more homes, from Wendy Dearden on decarbonisation to Hayley Eastment on the problem of marine nitrates and Justin Griffiths on the need for sustainable drainage,  and more.

Alongside all the regular content from thoughts from our sponsors to our regular update sections, we’ve introduced a new column on the homeless act, so we can keep you all up to date on the implementation of this hugely important legislation.

Sally Hales, editor, WHQ

 

 

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