Homelessness

Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation Bill – Deep Dive 2

Posted on 13 June 2025 by David Cowan

This second deep dive post into the Bill concerns the duty to "ask and act" in clauses 21-2 of the Bill.  These clauses reflect a broader shift in the Bill, […]

Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation Bill: Deep Dive 1

Posted on 6 June 2025 by David Cowan

This is the first of probably a few deep dives into the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation Bill's clauses, and it is at the behest of somebody who asked me […]

Research into the Implications of the Renting Homes Act 2016 for Refuge Accommodation

Posted on 6 June 2025 by David Cowan

This research report, authored by Helen Carr, Miranda Keast and myself, has now been published.  This blog, in fact, came about in part because a lot of people told us […]

Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation Bill – Addendum

Posted on 22 May 2025 by David Cowan

This is a brief addendum to my post on Tuesday about this Bill to draw your attention to two important developments: You may have received an email informing you that […]

Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation Bill

Posted on 20 May 2025 by David Cowan

This Bill was published yesterday (I'm writing this on Tuesday as off to a conference later), and this is a holding note just to explain what looks like the outstanding […]

Legislation klaxon

Posted on 9 May 2025 by David Cowan

Three new housing Bills were announced for this final year of the current administration by Julie James, Counsel General, on 29th April: homelessness; social housing allocation; and building safety.  The […]

The temporary accommodation crisis

Posted on 27 March 2025 by David Cowan

I have been co-organising a workshop about crises as dysfunctions of government (taking place at Cardiff Law School building), at which there are four papers addressing the housing crisis in […]

Housing First

Posted on 25 February 2025 by David Cowan

Housing First is an intervention which seeks to resolve homelessness (particularly street homelessness and rough sleeping) through the provision of housing (without any precondition), and then inputting relevant services for […]

Cross-referencing

Posted on 31 January 2025 by David Cowan

In the spirit of blogocracy, I plan also to signpost to other blogs where issues of relevance to Wales are discussed.  Here is a non-inclusive list: The Housing Studies Association […]