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Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation Bill – Deep Dive 5

Posted on 12 September 2025 by David Cowan

I had a lovely break, thank you for asking; back now and raring to go.  I was going to post a more academic thing about whether there is such a […]

Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation Bill – Resources

Posted on 15 August 2025 by David Cowan

In this post, I am taking a slightly lazy approach* of pulling together a range of resources which I have found on the Bill (* partly because, as I have […]

Coastal 2 – The arguments

Posted on 8 August 2025 by David Cowan

This blog is about what I have dubbed "Coastal 2".  To recap: in Coastal 1, the High Court found that those RSLs which had failed to provide electrical condition reports […]

Rents

Posted on 1 August 2025 by David Cowan

In his newsletter this week, Will Hayward has made a point of noting that three areas in Wales have the fastest rising rents in GB over the last 12 months […]

Temporary accommodation, long-term crisis?

Posted on 25 July 2025 by David Cowan

Audit Wales have just produced what can only be described as a devastating report (using that title) about the use by local authorities of temporary accommodation to meet homelessness applicant's […]

The Ely riot – Cardiff Council and eviction letters

Posted on 18 July 2025 by David Cowan

There is a report in The Guardian that Cardiff Council have been sending letters to families of those who have been charged over alleged involvement in the Ely Riots.  The […]

Student housing – Codes of Management Practice

Posted on 18 July 2025 by David Cowan

This is the second post inspired by the HousingView Team(the very brilliant Justin Bates and Andrew Dymond) which produce a weekly newsletter about housing law and which also carries news about […]

Rent and Service Charge Standard Consultation

Posted on 18 July 2025 by David Cowan

This is the first of two new posts inspired by the Housing View Team (the very brilliant Justin Bates and Andrew Dymond) which produce a weekly newsletter about housing law and […]

An assortment: Coastal; sharp practice; breathing space moratoria

Posted on 4 July 2025 by David Cowan

This is going to be very much an assortment of different things which have been happening in the background (partly because I have just completed the Legal Action owner-occupier update […]

Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation Bill – Deep Dive 4

Posted on 27 June 2025 by David Cowan

This deep dive into the Bill concerns the provision of temporary accommodation to homeless applicants while their application is being considered.  This is called "interim accommodation".  Such accommodation is required […]

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