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Fitness, Landlord and Tenant, RSL, Social Housing, Uncategorised

Damp and Mould Complaints

Posted on 6 December 2024 by David Cowan

I've been listening to Dan Hewitt's podcast, The Trapped, this week.  It's a pretty depressing listen and, in a way, it tells us nothing we don't already know.  What is […]

Landlord and Tenant, Private renting, Uncategorised

Thinking about the Private Rented Sector

Posted on 6 December 2024 by David Cowan

The Senedd's Local Government and Housing Committee report on the private rented sector ("PRS"), which was published in October 2024, makes for quite depressing reading.  The report reminded me about […]

Social Housing, Uncategorised

Social housing supply

Posted on 29 November 2024 by David Cowan

The Welsh Parliament's Local Government and Housing Committee have issued their long-awaited report on Social Housing Supply.  The WG have committed to delivering 20,000 low carbon social homes from 2021-26 and […]

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What’s going on?

Posted on 26 November 2024 by David Cowan

Just a quick reminder to let me know what's going on out there in housing law and policy in Wales.  I don't have a handle on everything, and it would […]

 

Legislating for adequacy? The WG White Paper Consultation

Posted on 22 November 2024 by David Cowan

I need to say upfront that I'm not a fan of high level thinking about rights and adequacy.  It's often pretty banal stuff and leads you into over-promising.  The controversy […]

Judging regulatory judgments

Posted on 15 November 2024 by David Cowan

Following on from the post on the Coastal Housing case (about the need for service of electrical condition reports without which rent is not required to be paid), it is […]

When rent is not payable: Coastal Housing Group Ltd v Mitchell

Posted on 13 November 2024 by David Cowan

This is the first substantive post on this blog, and it's a cracker which will have reverberating implications for housing law and policy in Wales: Coastal Housing Group Ltd v […]

Housing Law and Policy in Wales – A new blog

Posted on 12 November 2024 by David Cowan

There is no doubt that housing law and housing policy in Wales are different from the rest of the UK.  That's not just because the legislation affecting housing is now […]