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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; […]

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 […]

Holding post …

Posted on 20 February 2025 by David Cowan

Apologies but I've had the dreaded lurgy this week and have just about managed to do my teaching but not write a post.  I plan a post about a Housing […]

While Rome burns …

Posted on 7 February 2025 by David Cowan

It has been a pretty depressing and stressful week at Cardiff University.  The financial model of higher education across the UK has been broken for a while, and colleagues in […]

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 […]

Poverty and housing (and questions about “Help to Stay”)

Posted on 31 January 2025 by David Cowan

Two reports have caught my attention this week and they overlap in terms of tone and content.  The first report is the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on Poverty in the […]

Universal Credit diversionary/recoupment payments to landlords

Posted on 24 January 2025 by David Cowan

Nearly Legal has written up the important JR in Roberts v SSWP EWHC 51 (Admin), a decision of Fordham J (Links to NL's blog).  I'm not going to repeat that discussion, […]

Housing Justice in a Time of Austerity?

Posted on 24 January 2025 by David Cowan

In this more reflective blog, I want to pick up on something I wrote a while ago about decision-making and the lack of challenge.  The title to this blog picks […]