The Welsh Government have embarked on a big programme of change to housing with two extremely ambitious and sector changing pieces of legislation, in the form of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 and Renting Homes (Wales) bill – soon to be enacted.

The Building Bridges conference is both a positive affirmation of the approach the government in Wales is taking on housing, and an exploration of what is still required to address the key concerns of people whom rent, with continued austerity, their perceptions of widening inequality and the future of housing supply and rents in Wales being key concerns of the tenants movement. The conference aims to debate these changes as well as the key challenges as we approach the Welsh Assembly elections in May 2016.

The conference also celebrates, supports and promotes the Chwarae Teg 50:50 campaign highlighting the key role women have played, and continue to play in Wales, with the event being the first all women speaker event in Wales.

Read more at www.welshtenants.org.uk/annual-conference/