In previous posts, I have noted how energy efficiency is a particular problem in parts of the private rented sector in Wales, the WG is committed to produce energy efficient […]
As the Renters' Rights Bill makes its (slower than expected) progress through the Westminster Parliament, it is important that we give consideration to what parts will apply to Wales, and […]
In last week's post on what I have called Coastal 2 (inaccurately, perhaps, as Coastal has since changed its name to Beacon Cymru Group Ltd), I set out the headline […]
Coastal 2 has been published - Beacon Cymru Group Ltd v Mitchell EWHC 2477 (CH). This is a critical moment for Welsh housing law and policy and so this emergency […]
There is so much loathesome, hateful stuff around at the moment that it is difficult to know where to start sometimes, and I cannot pretend that the narratives in play […]
In R(Enlli Angharad Williams) v Cyngor Gwynedd EWHC 2395 (Admin), Eyre J struck down Cyngor Gwynedd's Article 4 direction, dated 16th July 2024, requiring planning permission to be obtained for […]
There has been quite a lot of peripheral but really important stuff going on this week, including one bit that I missed previously. So, there are three posts this week, […]
I have been writing about housing law for too long to remember. It's my passion. But, recently, in working with a range of different colleagues, and in my more textbooky […]
I thought I would do a quick plug for Shelter Cymru's People and Homes Conference 2025 on 22nd October in Cardiff. I have no financial or other interest in it, and […]
As we head inexorably down into the election spiral, with all its anxieties, one of the conclusions to which I have been drawn over the years is that housing issues/problems/crises […]