It is now just over a week since John Healey announced savage tax hikes for landlords. Here our chief executive Ben Beadle explains what this will mean for the sector and what we are doing to challenge it.
Wales is short of almost 10,000 affordable housing units, according to new Government figures – with shortages across all tenures. ‘Unmet housing need’ in Wales has gone up by 64% since 2019 according to the latest Government figures. These numbers take into account overcrowded and ‘concealed’ households – homes with more than one family living in them – as well as homeless figures. They also include projections for newly arising need.
Wales is preparing for major reforms to minimum energy efficiency standards, with new requirements expected to reshape the private rented sector. With a range of Welsh Government grants and support schemes available, now is the time for landlords to start planning upgrades. Public affairs officer Mia Rotaru explores what landlords in Wales need to know and how to access funding.
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