CHC statement: Welsh Government announces draft budget for 2025-26
Community Housing Cymru
We are the voice of social housing in Wales, representing and supporting 34 housing associations across the country.
Welsh Government has today announced its draft budget for 2025-26.
Responding to the news, Stuart Ropke, chief executive at Community Housing Cymru, said:
“To steer Wales out of the housing and cost of living crises, we need a dual focus on building the affordable homes so urgently needed and preventing more people from reaching crisis. Today’s draft budget is an important step forward on both fronts.
"The additional £21m allocated to the Housing Support Grant - the primary mechanism for preventing homelessness and supporting independent living - means that the vital services funded by it can continue their life-changing work for another year. Support providers will be better placed to continue to run high-quality services, and pay staff fairly for the important work they do.
“As housing associations build approx. 70% of social homes in Wales, the extra £81m capital funding allows us to continue to make progress at pace on building the new homes so urgently needed.
“There is much more to do to address the full scale of the housing crisis in Wales, but today’s draft budget provides much-needed certainty that will help us make progress together at pace.”