We need to talk about social housing
The Public Policy Institute for Wales estimates that we need between 3,300 and 4,200 additional units of social housing every year. But between 1997 and 2007 only an average of 825 new units of...
View ArticleFacing the climate change challenge in housing
If anyone was in any doubt about the severity of the imminent climate challenge, I think the last few weeks and months will have woken them up. Nearly all of us have acknowledged there was a problem,...
View ArticleHow much would you pay for a more carbon efficient home?
The Welsh Government Advisory Group’s recent Better Homes. Better Wales. Better World report served as a timely reminder of the pressing need for improving the energy credentials of homes to become...
View ArticleQuality council homes need to be the solution to our housing crisis
Channel 4’s recently aired George Clarke’s Council House Scandal covered the housing crisis in a way that only an architect from a council estate could. Viewing the reduction in social housing since...
View ArticleThe solution to the Welsh housing crisis lies with our councils
Housing is one of the key issues facing Wales. Far too many houses are empty, not enough council housing is being built, we have seen the return of leasehold and high maintenance charges, and we...
View ArticleThis is how we can end homelessness in Wales
Rough sleeping is just one form of homelessness but it’s the most visible and probably the most dangerous. As well as being at the mercy of the weather, we know that people sleeping rough...
View ArticleEnding Evictions into Homelessness in Wales
We’ve had our Kennedy moment in Wales. Under the leadership of Julie James, the Minister for Housing and Local Government, we’ve committed to end homelessness, and to make serious progress within the...
View ArticleHousing needs to be at the frontline of our climate strategy
We know that we are facing a climate crisis and that unless we take urgent action then we face large scale species extinction and more areas of the planet becoming unable to sustain life. One of...
View ArticleHow to solve a ‘problem’ like rough sleeping?
Some sobering statistics show that homelessness across the UK has risen 165% in the past nine years; rough sleeping across Wales increased by 45% between 2015 and 2018; someone dies homeless in the...
View ArticleMaking homelessness everybody’s business
This is the third article in a series exploring homelessness in Wales as a cross sector issue. You can read the first article here and the second article here. In recent months, Julie James, the...
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