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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 […]

Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation Bill – Deep Dive 3

Posted on 20 June 2025 by David Cowan

So far in these posts, I have focused mostly on the homelessness stuff in the Bill.  Today's post straddles both parts and deals with clauses 10 and 36.  Or, more […]

Poverty in Wales 2025

Posted on 20 June 2025 by David Cowan

Last week, I attended an online presentation of a report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Bevan Foundation about poverty in Wales.  It was pretty depressing, and the climate […]

Asylum-seekers and housing rights

Posted on 13 June 2025 by David Cowan

In this post, I have decided not to publicise or hyperlink to news or media stories but I have become aware of certain aspirational politicians within certain parties who are […]

Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation Bill – Deep Dive 2

Posted on 13 June 2025 by David Cowan

This second deep dive post into the Bill concerns the duty to "ask and act" in clauses 21-2 of the Bill.  These clauses reflect a broader shift in the Bill, […]

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