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Caerphilly Keys Relaunched

28 November, 2024

The pioneering Caerphilly Keys housing scheme has been relaunched, to offer even more benefits to private landlords. Caerphilly County Borough Council has been running the project since 2018 and has seen it grow from strength to strength. Additional funding from Welsh Government has now allowed the Council to expand the scheme and develop ‘Caerphilly Keys […]

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Lives transformed through Caerphilly Keys project

22 April, 2024

The Caerphilly Keys project helps private landlords find long term tenants for their properties, whilst preventing homelessness.  There are currently 41 landlords signed up to Caerphilly Keys, offering 97 properties throughout the borough. Since it launched in August 2018, Caerphilly Keys has successfully rehoused 271 people. One of the tenants housed through the project has […]

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Empty Homes

14 December, 2022

Caerphilly County Borough Council is asking for views on how it deals with empty homes. The consultation is now live on Caerphilly Website to seek views on ‘Private Sector Empty Homes Strategy 2023 – 2028’ sets out the Council’s plans to tackle the issue of high numbers of empty homes in the county borough. It […]

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British Red Cross – Ukraine Family Service Wales

10 November, 2022

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Winter fuel support scheme 2022/23

30 September, 2022

Caerphilly – Caerphilly County Borough

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Renting Homes Act Training

16 August, 2022

English: https://rentsmart.gov.wales/en/courses/ Welsh: https://rentsmart.gov.wales/cym/courses/

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Caerphilly Keys team raises over £1,450 for Motor Neurone Disease charity

21 June, 2022

Caerphilly Keys team raises over £1,450 for Motor Neurone Disease charity

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Caerphilly Keys team unites to raise funds for Motor Neurone Disease charity

26 April, 2022

Caerphilly – Caerphilly County Borough

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Plans endorsed to continue pioneering Caerphilly Keys housing scheme

13 April, 2022

Caerphilly – Caerphilly County Borough

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New website to help prevent homelessness in Caerphilly borough

Caerphilly – Caerphilly County Borough

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Saving Lives on Secondment

23 October, 2020

We’d like to take an opportunity to shine a light on the work that Pobl colleague, Liam Roberts, has been doing over the past few months. Having been seconded to the Caerphilly Keys project with Caerphilly County Borough Council, he has made a real difference to peoples’ lives…  And in some cases, the work he […]

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Council scheme offers home to rough sleepers

1 November, 2019

A scheme launched by Caerphilly County Borough Council to help prevent homelessness has now been expanded to house rough sleepers. The Caerphilly Keys initiative was launched by the council to help find sustainable homes for those at risk of homelessness and at the same time help private landlords find suitable, long term tenants. Since its […]

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Wales needs a well-functioning PRS

4 October, 2019

In its most recent seminar, Tai Pawb examined how access to the private rented sector (PRS) in Wales can be improved. The location of the session – Merthyr Tydfil – was proof of the scale of the challenge ahead of us, where only 32% of properties in the area are affordable to people in receipt […]

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