While the new government settles in to its roles, and its anticipated work begins, there is (I think) considerable optimism and hope about housing policy in Wales amidst the significant […]
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 […]
Many of you will have seen the tragic news about Giles Peaker. I blogged first on Giles' Nearly Legal site and irregularly, and we had a rather lovely community of […]
Having completed the party political analysis, I wanted to turn to the manifestos produced by sector organisations which tend to push their own interest. In truth, I haven't found as […]
This will be my final political manifesto discussion before the election. It is of the LibDems, and it is the only one, if I recall correctly, that has housing as […]
The Welsh Housing Monitor is like an audit of where we are in Wales, or (as it states in the introduction) the state of the housing nation and, one should […]
Unaccountably, I forgot to deal with the Labour manifesto. This was a slip on my part, not some sort of political statement (which I don't make on this blog). I […]
We now have the Green Party manifesto and the Plaid one. Being a housing nerd, I'm focusing solely on how they deal with housing issues. And, the interesting thing about […]
Any reader of this blog will recognise my common anxiety about the lack of housing law expertise in Wales and what this might mean for social and private landlords, tenants, […]
This is a bit of a holding post. I know that The manifesto posts need to be completed (as well as commentary on them by other organisations - eg here) […]