Welsh government launches empty homes fund

Welsh government sets 12,500 home building goal

The Welsh government has set a target of building 12,500 new homes in the country by 2016.

Welsh Government to help first-time buyers

The Welsh Government will provide guarantees for mortgages for first-time buyers, the Welsh finance minister will announce later today.

Welsh promise

Welsh AMs unveil housing reforms

The Welsh Government plans to provide financial incentives to encourage councils to bring up to 12,000 empty homes back into use by 2016.

The answer to empty homes

The right approach can turn empty homes from a blight into an opportunity, says Will Nixon

Wind of change

A host of new laws are set to change the landscape for Welsh social landlords. Michael Northcott reports

Empty homes requests

A new ruling and proposed changes to the Freedom of Information Act could open the floodgates to squatters, says Emma Duke, associate solicitor atAnthony Collins Solicitors

From riches to rags and back

A Welsh landlord took on an ambitious project to refurbish a derelict Grade II listed mansion. Katie Puckett finds out how they managed to bring it back into use

Sentenced to life without a home

Imprisonment and homelessness are among the more traumatic experiences that can befall an individual. All too often, the two are inextricably linked.

Not a sticking plaster

Efforts to tackle anti-social behaviour can seem like fire fighting. It’s expensive to take a more comprehensive and long-term approach by working with a single family to get to the root of their problems. But, as Tony Powell, executive director of neighbourhoods at New Charter Housing Trust, explains, the effect can be transformative.