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, […]
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 […]
The Senedd's Local Government and Housing Committee report on the private rented sector (about which I blogged on 6th December) was debated in plenary session. It provides an interesting moment […]
I attended the inspirational opening of this amazing Crisis exhibition, curated by South Wales Skylight and Sponsored by Julie James (the former cabinet secretary for housing, now the Leader of […]
This is just a short post to draw attention to the Office for National Statistics most recent bulletin on rents and house prices. The average rent in GB was 9.1% […]
Back in September 2024, Jayne Bryan (the Cabinet Secretary for Housing) laid a Legislative Consent Memorandum before the Senedd seeking consent for certain provisions of the Westminster government's Renters' Rights […]
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 […]
The Senedd's Local Government and Housing Committee report on the private rented sector ("PRS"), which was published in October 2024, makes for quite depressing reading. The report reminded me about […]
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 […]
Just a quick reminder to let me know what's going on out there in housing law and policy in Wales. I don't have a handle on everything, and it would […]