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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, […]

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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 […]

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Thinking about the private rented sector – redux

Posted on 17 January 2025 by David Cowan

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 […]

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Home: The Key to Hope / Cartref: Yr Allwedd i Obaith

Posted on 10 January 2025 by David Cowan

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 […]

 

Rents

Posted on 20 December 2024 by David Cowan

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% […]

Renters Rights (or when renting discrimination becomes a constitutional issue)

Posted on 13 December 2024 by David Cowan

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 […]

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 […]

Thinking about the Private Rented Sector

Posted on 6 December 2024 by David Cowan

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 […]

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 […]

What’s going on?

Posted on 26 November 2024 by David Cowan

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 […]

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