The Welsh Assembly government published a revised homelessness strategy for the period 2006-2008, placing a new emphasis on prevention.
Source: National Homelessness Strategy for Wales 2006 2008, Welsh Assembly Government (029 2082 3903)
Links: Report | WAG press release
Date: 2005-Nov
Two reports provided results from The Living in Wales Survey, a new continuous household survey for Wales. The first examined the level of unfitness and state of repair of the housing stock in Wales in 2004. The second looked at the financial issues for households that related to their housing situation.
Source: Living in Wales 2004 Report on Unfitness and Repairs, Welsh Assembly Government (029 2082 5111) | Living in Wales 2004 Report on Housing Finance, Welsh Assembly Government
Links: Links removed
Date: 2005-Nov
The Transport (Wales) Bill was given a third reading. The Bill was designed to extend the powers of the National Assembly in the area of transport, and to produce a better integrated transport system for Wales.
Source: Transport (Wales) Bill, Wales Office, TSO (0870 600 5522) | House of Commons Hansard, Debate 17 October 2005, columns 641-669, TSO
Links: Text of Act | Explanatory notes | Hansard | HOC Library research paper (pdf)
Date: 2005-Oct
Campaigners called for the Welsh Assembly to suspend council tenants right to buy their homes, in view of the continuing growth of homelessness in Wales.
Source: Controlling the Right to Buy, Shelter Cymru (01792 469400)
Links: Report (pdf)
Date: 2005-Sep
A report said that young people in Wales were falling further and further behind in their attempts to get on to the property ladder: for younger working households the average house price to income ratio had reached 4 to 1.
Source: Steve Wilcox, Young, Working and Homeless?: Younger working households in Wales and the affordability crisis, Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru (029 2076 5760)
Links: Report (pdf) | Report (pdf) (Welsh) | CIH press release
Date: 2005-Sep
The Welsh Assembly government began consultation on environmental strategy in Wales.
Source: Our Environment - Our Future - Your Views, Welsh Assembly Government (029 2082 5111)
Links: Consultation document (pdf links) | WAG press release
Date: 2005-Jul
The Transport (Wales) Bill was given a second reading. It was designed to improve the transport system in Wales. It required the Welsh Assembly to draw up a strategy which covered all modes of transport, and provided it with powers to invest in the strategy.
Source: Transport (Wales) Bill, Wales Office, TSO (0870 600 5522) | House of Commons Hansard, Debate 16 June 2005, columns 409-473, TSO
Links: Text of Act | Explanatory notes | Hansard | Wales Office press release
Date: 2005-Jun
A Bill was reintroduced (having previously been lost due to the general election), designed to improve the transport system in Wales. It required the Welsh Assembly to draw up a strategy which covered all modes of transport, and provided it with powers to invest in the strategy.
Source: Transport (Wales) Bill, Wales Office, TSO (0870 600 5522)
Links: Text of Bill | Explanatory notes | Wales Office press release | HOC Library research paper (pdf)
Date: 2005-May
A report contained a series of essays focusing on housing, planning and the economy in Wales.
Source: Alison Clements (ed.), Game Plan: Housing, planning and the economy, Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru (029 2076 5760)
Links: Summary
Date: 2005-Apr
A report said that Wales needed a national housing action plan, with specific targets on supply and housing quality across all sectors.
Source: Action on Housing in Wales, Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru (029 2076 5760)
Links: Report (pdf) | CIH press release
Date: 2005-Apr
The Welsh Assembly Government announced that families with disabled children would no longer have to pass a means test for the disabled facilities grant (available to fund adaptations that enabled disabled people to continue to live in their own homes).
Source: Press release 27 April 2005, Welsh Assembly Government (029 2082 5111)
Links: WAG press release | Mencap press release
Date: 2005-Apr
An audit report said that, with over 82 per cent of waste in Wales being disposed of through landfill, and with landfill sites diminishing, the waste management situation was 'serious and unsustainable'.
Source: Waste Management: A challenging agenda for the Welsh public sector, Wales Audit Office (02920 260260)
Links: WAO press release (Word file)
Date: 2005-Mar
The Welsh Assembly government published an evaluation of tenant participation in housing management and design in Wales. The report recommended that the Assembly Government should develop a national tenant involvement strategy.
Source: Evaluating Tenant Participation in Housing Management and Design, Housing Research Report HRR 06/04, Welsh Assembly Government (029 2082 1718)
Links: Report (pdf) | Summary (pdf)
Date: 2005-Feb
