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This is another short post - apologies as I'm feeling a bit ropey (bad cold). There are various levers we have in Wales to enable policy-makers to do interesting things, […]
I came across a technical briefing about the implementation of the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Act - discussed in some detail in previous posts - on the Cymorth […]
In my view, there is a special place in hell for those people who take advantage of the vulnerable. In two reports this week (here and here), Inside Housing […]
Yesterday, I was at the Shelter Cymru People and Homes conference, which took place in the Marriott near Cardiff station. The great and the good of the housing world were […]
HMOs are a feature of housing policy discussion for various reasons. They have been subject to licensing regimes, for example, because of concerns about health and safety in them. They […]
Given the politics of Britishness at the moment, the Welsh Government are consulting on a relatively minor but potentially brave proposal to amend the eligibility regulations for housing allocation and […]
The Crime and Policing Act 2026 is coming into force later this month. This is Westminster legislation that affects the housing system in Wales as it is concerned with ASB […]
I have been thinking about the Tenant Satisfaction Survey data published by the WG on 10th September, and reported by Inside Housing on 25th September. The WG have said that […]
On Wednesday, the WG published its Programme for Government 2026-30. In many ways, this does not tell us anything more than we knew already. Housing gets its own page, which […]
At the Masterclasses, I made the point about the lack of litigation on Welsh housing and homelessness law, and the need for more challenges to settle outstanding areas of dispute. […]