{"id":38417,"date":"2023-12-01T16:51:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T16:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38417"},"modified":"2023-12-01T16:51:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T16:51:46","slug":"housing-use-old-buildings-to-tackle-crisis-says-welsh-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38417","title":{"rendered":"Housing: Use old buildings to tackle crisis, says Welsh charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19635\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/UK-_Gov_houses_July2018-300x195.png\" alt=\"houses\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/>The BBC has reported that more needs to be done to renovate old buildings in order to tackle the housing crisis in Wales.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration &#8211; Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>BBC writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u2026Housing Justice Cymru said making better use of empty properties in town and city centres would also help those communities to thrive\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026. One resident in the worst-affected county, Gwynedd, described his eight-month search as \u201cheart-breaking\u201d\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Housing Justice Cymru is one charity that helps to convert older buildings into suitable housing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s really important to look at the future of housing, as well as addressing the housing crisis now,\u201d said the charity&#8217;s director Bonnie Williams\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026. Other charities such as Shelter Cymru have spoken of the need to combine bringing empty homes back into use\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-wales-67341842\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more on empty homes in Wales see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-wales-67244326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC has reported that more needs to be done to renovate old buildings in order to tackle the housing crisis in Wales. image for illustration &#8211; Open Government Licence v3.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38418,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38417\/revisions\/38418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}