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Masterclasses in Welsh Housing Law: Instant reflections

Posted on 11 September 2026 by David Cowan

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, […]

A NEET solution?

Posted on 11 September 2026 by David Cowan

With apologies for the awful pun, Community Housing Cymru put out a press release this week about their research into the analysis of trends in Wales about NEETs (ie young […]

Intermediate rent

Posted on 4 June 2026 by David Cowan

With a degree of fanfare (at least in housing circles), Caerphilly council announced a new policy of "intermediate rent" which is designed to assist those households on their waiting list […]

Section 173 notices and gas safety records

Posted on 8 May 2026 by David Cowan

Apologies for the lack of posting last week (I was away).  This week, there are obviously other considerations and we will be watching the news with bated breath as so […]

Health and Safety

Posted on 26 March 2026 by David Cowan

Health and safety in housing is rarely out of the news, and something which I have covered on this blog quite a bit.  A while ago, I was involved in […]

Manifestos – Part 2

Posted on 20 March 2026 by David Cowan

In the absence of the Labour manifesto (the links are to a blank page at the moment), and Plaid manifesto, this post simply concerns the Plaid first 100 days plan […]

Manifestos Part 1

Posted on 13 March 2026 by David Cowan

Apologies - it has been a week and a half.  I usually have posts written earlier in the week but, well, things can get in the way. In this post, […]

Welsh language and social housing allocation: A legal controversy

Posted on 6 March 2026 by David Cowan

There has been an interesting controversy arising from the attempt by Grŵp Cynefin to develop social housing in the Gwynedd coastal village of Trefor which, as I understand it, was […]

Crisis, what(‘s the purpose of) crisis?

Posted on 13 February 2026 by David Cowan

With a Cardiff Colleague, Professor Basham, I have been editing a collection of papers for publication in the Journal of Law and Society, under the rubric: "Dysfunctional Governance: Crisis, Scandal, […]

Housing policy and housing crisis – Senedd Debate

Posted on 6 February 2026 by David Cowan

"It's entirely clear, isn't it, that we are in a housing crisis—thousands of people waiting for social housing; families, children and young people living in temporary accommodation or facing homelessness". […]