Social housing provides affordable and secure housing for people in need of housing and is a key policy lever to help mitigate and prevent homelessness in Wales.
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Like the rest of the United Kingdom, Wales faces a shortage of social housing – housing administered through local authorities which provides affordable rents and long-term tenancies for those who need it most…
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Close to one in four children living in the EU in 2022 were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, a remarkable increase from one in five children before the Covid-19 pandemic. Poverty and social exclusion prevent children from accessing…
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Affordable housing helps people to live healthy and productive lives in inclusive communities. In recent years, rents in Wales have increased and there has been lower availability of affordable rental units, exacerbated by…
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One in three people in Wales live in unsafe or unaffordable housing. The pandemic has highlighted these inequalities in the housing sector as lockdowns have led to people…
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Alma Economics was commissioned by the Welsh Government in February 2020 to undertake an evaluation of the Private Rented Sector (PRS) Leasing Scheme Pilot. The scheme seeks to support Local Authorities in…
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