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Building new council homes at a time of unprecedented demand for housing and homelessness services remains paramount for Cardiff Council over the coming year.
Plans for a £25m investment in two blocks of flats in the city are in the pipeline as part of the council's high-rise recladding scheme.
08/03/24 - Long-term empty properties to pay up to 300% council tax premium in bid to bring homes back into use
Cardiff Council has agreed tough new measures to help bring long-term empty houses in the city back into use.
A popular circular walk at Hendre Lake Park is back in use after Cardiff Council completed the rebuilding of a bridge at the popular beauty spot.
04/03/24 - Long-term empty properties face 300% council tax premium in bid to bring homes back into use
Cardiff Council is proposing tough new measures to help bring long-term empty houses in the city back into use.
Cardiff Council is taking steps to increase the protection afforded to buildings of local architectural or historical interest in the city against demolition or unsympathetic development.
Visitors to Cardiff Castle have been admiring the latest floral design gracing the grounds outside the popular city landmark.
The first modular units, part of an innovative pilot scheme to help tackle an immediate shortage of affordable housing in Cardiff, have arrived on site in Grangetown.
Construction is set to begin on the development of two new Community Living Schemes that will provide flexible, sustainable, low-carbon accommodation for older residents to help maintain their independence in their own homes for longer.
24/02/23 - Helping to tackle city's housing pressures
Owners of long-term empty properties in Cardiff could be facing a further increase in their council tax charges under new plans to help alleviate pressures on housing availability in the city.
02/09/22 - Cardiff Council Update: 2 September 2022
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One of the most innovative housing developments in Cardiff is nearing completion on the site of the former Eastern High School in Rumney.
Thanks to an army of willing volunteers, 20,000 new trees have been planted in Cardiff since last autumn as part of a mass tree-planting programme aimed at supporting biodiversity and increasing tree canopy coverage in the city from 18.9% to 25%.
An innovative pilot scheme designed to help tackle an immediate shortage of affordable housing in Cardiff has been agreed by the Council’s Cabinet.
A group of allotment holders in a Cardiff suburb have turned a wasteland into a potential oasis thanks to months of hard work… and the generosity of a building supplies company.
Cardiff Council’s newest recruit has a wealth of information at their fingertips and they’re on duty 24 hours a day, ready to help the city’s most vulnerable people, families and their carers
