In order to undertake the whole town testing there is a need to urgently recruit people (estimated 50 – 100)to support this programme of work. (full job descriptions are available via a link below)  This role is for a maximum of 4 weeks.  Full training will be provided.  You will also be required to partake [...]

Bwrdeistref Sirol Merthyr Tudful fydd yr ardal gyfan gyntaf i gael profion torfol yng Nghymru Everyone living or working in Merthyr Tydfil will be offered COVID-19 testing, whether they have symptoms or not -  as part of the first mass testing of a whole area in Wales. All residents and workers will be offered repeat [...]

CONSORTIUM WINS WELSH GOVERNMENT FUNDING TO RETROFIT 1,300 HOMES A major consortium including half of the social landlords in Wales has won £7m Welsh Government funding to deliver an optimised retrofit programme across more than 1,300 Welsh homes. The collaboration of 68 partners, including 26 social housing providers, and managed by Sero, has been awarded [...]

Local housing provider achieves national equality mark Social housing landlord, Merthyr Tydfil Housing Association (MTHA), has been successful in achieving a prestigious and nationally-recognised equality and diversity mark for housing providers. The QED Award (Quality in Equality and Diversity), developed by Welsh housing charity, Tai Pawb, provides a comprehensive framework for improving the equality and [...]

Merthyr Housing are delighted to be able to announce that we were recently awarded a silver PawPrint award from RSPCA Cymru in recognition of  our commitment to animal welfare.  We take great pride in this award and we will strive to ensure even greater levels of animal welfare into the future. Housing_Footprint_Welsh_Silver_2020_MerthyrHA Lewis Clark, RSPCA [...]

Merthyr Housing Services Update – COVID-19 The whole of Wales is now at alert level 4 in response to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.  For more information on what this means and for guidance on what you can and can not do please follow this link https://gov.wales/alert-level-4 Follow this link for guidance on private [...]

A request for support from local communities to avoid the need for a lockdown in RCT and Merthyr Tydfil Due to an increasing number of positive COVID-19 cases and to prevent a future lockdown, Council Leaders in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf are asking all residents to take action now to avoid the need [...]

CAF Bank has provided its first loan to a housing association in Wales as part of plans by the Welsh Government to build thousands of new homes. The loan will be used by Merthyr Tydfil Housing Association to develop 43 affordable homes for local residents in the Welsh town.  The development is situated on the [...]

For some, staying at home as a result of Covid-19 will have increased their risk of domestic abuse, sexual violence and coercive control, and even greater isolation. The need to stay home could increase an abuser’s power and control, with signs of abuse less visible, as victims have had fewer opportunities to access their usual [...]

We need your help! Can you help us name our new homes? Someone from the past that was well known in Pant or did a lot of the area? (It can not be anyone currently living unfortunately) A near by place, monument, building that represents Pant? You're welcome to send in your suggestions via ... [...]