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Cabinet Minister visits Wrexham as £10 million Transforming Towns funding announced
- £10 million in Transforming Towns funding has been approved for regeneration projects across Wales, with Wrexham receiving £5 million of the total investment.
- The Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning met with local artists at Tŷ Pawb to hear about their experiences of working and growing their businesses within the creative hub.
- This funding delivers on the priorities set out by the Town Centre Taskforce, helping to create communities across Wales where people want to live, work and visit.
Town Centre Taskforce gets to work as full membership announced
- Members have been appointed to the Welsh Government's Town Centre Taskforce, bringing expertise from business, planning, housing and local government.
- Alongside co-Chairs Professor Simon Gibson CBE and Tamsin Ramasut, members will consider the challenges and opportunities facing town centres across Wales and help develop practical, evidence-informed recommendations for Welsh Ministers.
- This work builds on recent support for high streets, including a 30% business rates cut for eligible hospitality and leisure venues from 1 April 2027, with the Taskforce’s recommendations expected early next year.
Welsh Government to fund interim alarm measures for leaseholders facing waking watch costs
- Welsh Government announces the creation of the Wales Interim Measures Alarm Grant.
- From 1 October 2026, the fund will ease the burden of expensive interim measures costs, potentially saving residents in eligible buildings hundreds of pounds each month.
- Some leaseholders may also be entitled to refunds if they have already paid for alarms to be installed.
£2.3 million boost for housing with care projects
- The Welsh Government is providing more than £2.3 million through the Housing with Care Fund to support new housing and care projects in Caerphilly and Carmarthenshire.
- The funding will allow more people with care and support needs to live independently in their own communities, avoid unnecessary hospital stays and return home sooner.
- The investment supports an integrated approach to housing, health and social care.
New taskforce will ‘champion the future of Welsh town centres’
- Tamsin Ramasut and Professor Simon Gibson CBE announced as co-chairs for the Town Centre Taskforce
- £1 million of new funding announced for town centre regeneration projects in Bangor and Bridgend
- The taskforce has been established as a 100-day Government commitment
Hundreds of households to benefit from the extension of three key schemes to make housing more affordable
- The Welsh Government is extending three schemes that help with the costs of buying or renovating homes until the end of the 2026/27 financial year
- Up to 400 households could be offered help through Help to Buy – Wales, while the Help to Stay - Wales scheme will continue to provide a safety net for homeowners struggling to keep up with mortgage payments
- Support for up to 300 empty and neglected properties to be renovated and brought back into use as safe, energy-efficient family homes through the Empty Homes Grant.
£17m Welsh Government boost for home energy upgrades
- Welsh families to benefit from whole-home energy upgrades
- Monthly energy costs cut by up to 50 per cent for some residents
- Part of the Welsh Government's commitment to healthier homes
£20m funding boost to speed up social homes delivery in Wales
- Extra £20 million allocated to increase social housing supply across Wales
- Funding will help move people out of unfit temporary accommodation into quality homes
- Investment contributes to the Welsh Government's target of 20,000 new social homes
Welsh Government consults on safer homes for residents
- Leaseholders in Wales set to be protected from unfair remediation costs
- New system proposed for tribunal-based remediation orders in residential buildings
- Consultation follows unanimous Senedd passage of the Building Safety (Wales) Act 2026