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.
Last week, I floated the idea that there must be scope in Wales for Imam- style challenges under the homelessness provisions. I will explain what that means in a moment but […]
If rent control interests you, just a short note to point you to this rather impressive piece by the leading* experts on the subject, Alex Marsh and Ken Gibb (* […]
The homelessness stats for April 2025 to March 2026 were published on Wednesday. These show a broadly consistent picture of numbers of applicants, preventions, an acceptances. There are slight reductions […]
Where a tenancy deposit has been taken but not protected, or the initial requirements of a scheme have not been complied with, or the landlord has not given the contract-holder […]
In Plenary on Tuesday, Rhun ap Iorwerth announced new legislation, which included the following statement "the value my Government places on fairness has motivated us to take action to strengthen […]
In past blogs, I have highlighted and put the flyer for our Welsh Housing Law Masterclasses. You can now book a place at this webpage: https://profbriefings.net/index.php/about-hlc26 See you on 10/11 […]
Some time ago on this blog, I said that I would be carrying out research on the use of the internal reviews process in Wales by homeless applicants. Since then, […]
In Kensington Mortgage Company Ltd v Price with Shelter Cymru intervening EWHC 1577, HHJ Keyser KC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, had to deal with a knotty but […]
As I have prefaced in previous posts, albeit a little tentatively, I can now announce that, with the assistance of the Housing Law Practitioners Association and the Social Housing Law […]
June was quite a month for housing policy in Wales (and, apologies - I was away last week on a/l). We had an oral statement from Sian Gwenllian which set […]
