Social Housing

Hoarders

Posted on 25 April 2025 by David Cowan

Experience suggests that there can be few harder, more serious issues raised than those raised by hoarders. Hoarding is a recognised psychological condition, commonly found alongside other psychological conditions. For […]

Plaid Cymru and Housing Policy

Posted on 4 April 2025 by David Cowan

Although strictly non-partisan, I have been trawling the parties' housing policies and statements. In this post, I want to draw attention to a couple of documents published by Plaid Cymru's […]

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 […]

The PSOW

Posted on 21 March 2025 by David Cowan

For various reasons over the last 30 years (more or less), I have been taking an interest in the administrative justice space that affects housing. That includes stuff around local […]

Notes on devolution

Posted on 14 March 2025 by David Cowan

This past week or so has been one in which devolution of housing has cropped up, raising some odd little things. Three odd little things, actually: leasehold reform; Awaab's law; […]

Three tidbits

Posted on 7 March 2025 by David Cowan

Three tidbits of interesting news/gossip: First, a bit of gossip. I now have it from two different sources that the Court of Appeal has granted permission to appeal in Coastal […]

Early Municipal Housing in Swansea

Posted on 25 February 2025 by David Cowan

If you are not a reader of the Municipal Dreams substack (why not?), which covers histories of the development of council housing, then you are missing out. It is absolutely […]

Damp and Mould Complaints

Posted on 6 December 2024 by David Cowan

I've been listening to Dan Hewitt's podcast, The Trapped, this week. It's a pretty depressing listen and, in a way, it tells us nothing we don't already know. What is […]

Social housing supply

Posted on 29 November 2024 by David Cowan

The Welsh Parliament's Local Government and Housing Committee have issued their long-awaited report on Social Housing Supply. The WG have committed to delivering 20,000 low carbon social homes from 2021-26 and […]