Hayley Thomas, founder of homelessness charity HCT, wants the council to make it easier for people in need to ask for help.
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Council could force sales of listed buildings if owners fail to protect them
Senior councillors have backed a new proposal aimed at preserving the county borough’s most at-risk listed buildings.
Owners of long-term empty homes could have council tax bills quadrupled
There are 1,008 so-called long-term empty homes across the county borough, including 131 that have stood empty for a decade or longer.
Plans for new £17m campus and to shut down infants’ school move closer
Senior councillors in Caerphilly have agreed to pursue the closure of an infants’ school and the relocation of two other schools in the county borough.
Council house tenants face a 6.7% rent increase from April
Council house tenants in Caerphilly County Borough will pay nearly £7 more in rent each week from April 2024.
Council to keep grass cutting “to a minimum” in 2024
A new report shows Caerphilly County Borough Council has identified 61 areas allowed “to flourish” across the borough in 2024.
Work to build Caerphilly’s new leisure centre set to begin next summer
Work on building a new leisure centre in Caerphilly should begin in summer 2024, according to the person managing the £33.6 million project.
Bin bag inspectors to patrol tips in borough due to ‘serious waste issue’
The new policy will come into force on February 12, 2024 as the council tries to improve its recycling rates before Welsh Government targets are raised.
New planning application for controversial canteen and takeaway
The canteen is based in a portable building on the land at the Former Station House, Rhymney, and is part of a controversial development.
Salon offering free haircuts to the homeless this Christmas
Caerphilly hairdresser Angela Tamlin will be offering free haircuts to the homeless from her salon on Western Industrial Estate.