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David Cowan

David Cowan

The site provides information, updates and discussion on Welsh housing and homelessness law. It is all free, but it is just our opinions, and NOT legal advice. Please do not ask for advice on individual matters.

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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 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 […]

Oh, Trivallis …

Posted on 7 November 2025 by David Cowan

The PSOW has issued two public interest reports on Trivallis which have found broader systemic issues in their record keeping and repairs service, failure to follow their policies, breach of […]

After Coastal – Reflections

Posted on 31 October 2025 by David Cowan

It is probably necessary to move on after Coastal, but if you will forgive me one last pop at a reflection on it, this is it (after which I will try […]