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 […]
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 […]
There was an unplanned fire alarm 20 mins in, train delays/cancellations (which meant that my old mate and friend of this blog, Justin Bates, was going backwards on his train, […]
In R(Bano) v Waltham Forest LBC UKSC 22, the Supreme Court has found that (under English law), where an applicant for homelessness assistance is made an offer of waiting list accommodation […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
I don't know about you but I always struggle to read across Acts which are subsequently amended before they are updated online. My brain just can't cope. Anyway, if this […]
On Wednesday, Rhun ap Iorwerth confirmed that Siân Gwenllian will be the new Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning. Looking back over the posts on this blog, Siân Gwenllian […]
If you've been following the blog this year, you will know that I have been trying to obtain data on the use of homelessness internal reviews in Wales. I have […]