Strategy 2026-2030
The Reality: Our strategy begins with a clear understanding of the reality facing Wales.
- Wales is in a housing emergency. This is not a marginal issue. It is a defining social and economic challenge. Too many people are unable to access a safe, suitable and affordable home and the pressure is being felt across communities, public services and the wider economy.
- The emergency is complex and interconnected. It is not only about supply. It is also about availability, rising homelessness, high and insecure rents, unsuitable or inaccessible homes, impact on Welsh language and some of the poorest quality homes in the UK.
- Home underpins everything else. When housing fails, other systems struggle to cope.
Pressures on the NHS and other public services are felt directly – through the impact of poor housing on health, and indirectly – through the diversion of limited resources to manage housing-related crises. These pressures also shape public debate, creating space for division, misinformation and blame when the causes of the housing emergency are misunderstood. - Home matters deeply to people. It is consistently one of the issues the public cares most about. Its importance becomes even more immediate when people face financial pressure, insecure work, poverty or limited housing choices. A stable, affordable and good quality home shapes people’s lives and opportunities, and is fundamental to giving children and young people hope for the future.
- Our homes and futures are being reshaped at speed. Climate change, decarbonisation, AI and digital systems will shape what home means, how housing is delivered and who benefits from change. These shifts bring real opportunities, but only if equity is built in from the start.
What this means: The people most affected are those already facing disadvantage, discrimination or exclusion. Housing insecurity and poor-quality homes deepen existing inequalities, affecting physical and mental health, income, education, safety and life chances.
Poverty both drives and is reinforced by housing insecurity, placing the greatest burden on those with the least financial resilience. It also leaves many households caught between systems: unable to afford home ownership, unlikely to be prioritised for social housing, and reliant on insecure and often unaffordable private renting.
This means the housing emergency is not only a supply issue. It is also an equity, human rights and poverty issue, shaped by who has access to safe, secure, suitable, affordable and accessible homes and who is most likely to be left waiting, unheard or failed by the system.
“This strategy is about holding ambition and reality together. We know the sector is under pressure, and we know Tai Pawb is a small organisation with finite capacity. That makes focus even more important. Over the next four years, we will concentrate our energy where we can add the greatest value: influencing the systems that shape people’s lives, supporting members to turn commitments into practice, strengthening the role of lived experience, and building shared leadership across the sector.”
“Lasting change will depend on members, partners, communities, leaders and people with lived experience acting together. Our contribution is to help create the
conditions for that change: with evidence, practical support, trusted relationships and a firm belief that everyone in Wales should have the right to a good home”
Our strategy document
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Our EDI strategy and plan describe the areas of equality, diversity and inclusion which we will improve, prioritise or focus on until 2026.
This strategy covers: embedding EDI in on our internal ways of working with staff; embedding EDI in the way we carry out our work, how our services and functions are delivered. It does NOT cover how we will promote equality, diversity and inclusion in housing in Wales – this is described in Tai Pawb Strategy.
This strategy is a plan of priorities and actions. Our day-to-day EDI commitments, principles and guarantees are contained in our EDI policy.
EDI Statistics
We have also committed to publishing statistics on our diversity each year.
