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Calling out wrongdoing: A general enforcement duty?

Posted on 12 December 2025 by David Cowan

In this post, I want to return to something which has troubled me, and continues to trouble me.  Rightly, I think, in Wales, we consider ourselves to be progressive in […]

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Legal advice deserts: Senedd research

Posted on 12 December 2025 by David Cowan

A short note to highlight a really important paper about civil legal advice deserts in Wales by Claire Thomas in the Senedd research team.  It is a corruscating indictment of […]

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Targets

Posted on 5 December 2025 by David Cowan

In principle, targets are not a bad thing.  They offer a measurable way of judging performance.  They can be missed, of course; but, in principle, targets should be achievable and […]

Homelessness

Homelessness internal reviews and appeals

Posted on 28 November 2025 by David Cowan

A short post to say that, having thought about this quite a bit since I posted on housing justice, I am planning to delve a little deeper in to homelessness […]

 

One year on …

Posted on 28 November 2025 by David Cowan

This blog has been going for just over a year now, the first post being on 12th November.  If you have any comments, please do email me.  If you have […]

Intentional homelessness

Posted on 28 November 2025 by David Cowan

I've recently been teaching homelessness law to our undergraduate students (well, I get two lectures and one seminar on it to around 45 students).  I cover intentional homelessness and, in […]

Homelessness and WBFG

Posted on 21 November 2025 by David Cowan

I have been thinking a lot recently (never a good sign) about how brilliant the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act ("WBFG") is, and what it means for us.  This is […]

Age is a woeful thing

Posted on 14 November 2025 by David Cowan

This is a short post just to reflect on the fact that there will be a changing of the housing guard in the coming months.  They can speak for themselves […]

The PSOW acts …

Posted on 14 November 2025 by David Cowan

I know it may seem like I have a bit of a downer on the PSOW (see past blogs).  It's not because I don't think it's a really important institution […]

Welsh Housing Quarterly

Posted on 7 November 2025 by David Cowan

I should have mentioned that the new edition of the Welsh Housing Quarterly was published, with a special feature on the building safety Bill, at the end of October.  I […]

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