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Welsh Housing Monitor

Posted on 17 April 2026 by David Cowan

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 […]

Manifestos: Part 4

Posted on 10 April 2026 by David Cowan

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 […]

Manifestos: Part 3

Posted on 10 April 2026 by David Cowan

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 […]

Save the date: September 10-11 2026

Posted on 10 April 2026 by David Cowan

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, […]

Happy holidays

Posted on 2 April 2026 by David Cowan

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) […]

Guest Post: Implementing (a little bit) of the Renters’ Rights Act in Wales

Posted on 1 April 2026 by David Cowan

  Chapter 4 of Part 1, Renters' Rights Act 2025 is planned to come into effect there on 1 June 2026. Most of the RRA has no application in Wales […]

Health and Safety

Posted on 26 March 2026 by David Cowan

Health and safety in housing is rarely out of the news, and something which I have covered on this blog quite a bit.  A while ago, I was involved in […]

Homelessness Internal Reviews: Help!

Posted on 26 March 2026 by David Cowan

If you've been following the blog this year, you will know that I have been trying to obtain data on the use of homelessness internal reviews in Wales.  I have […]

Building Safety

Posted on 20 March 2026 by David Cowan

I don't tend to write about the building safety provisions, partly because they are so complicated and require different types of expertise beyond housing law and policy (or perhaps I […]

Manifestos – Part 2

Posted on 20 March 2026 by David Cowan

In the absence of the Labour manifesto (the links are to a blank page at the moment), and Plaid manifesto, this post simply concerns the Plaid first 100 days plan […]

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A blog providing information about housing law and policy in Wales, written by expert commentators

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