Homelessness

Julie JamesLabour

4 May 2023, Local Government and Housing Committee

The Right to Adequate Housing - evidence session 6 - Minister for Climate Change

…been consistently driving housing policy and practice towards that goal the entire time. The ending of homelessness in all of its forms has been a top priority in driving towards that. We've already taken and continue to take significant steps towards meeting the criteria to deliver housing…

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Julie JamesLabour

4 May 2023, Local Government and Housing Committee

The Right to Adequate Housing - evidence session 6 - Minister for Climate Change

…already have. We also have, of course, as the Chair will know, as the committee will know, a very large homelessness piece of legislation on its way as well, and it's been my long-stated policy that we need to do those sequentially, because we need to—. I would very much like a right to adequate…

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Jenny RathboneLabour

4 May 2023, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1

The major problem is that people don't choose to live in these areas of high congestion; they're all people who have no choices—homeless accommodation—and the people doing the polluting don't live there themselves.

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Rhys ab OwenIndependent

2 May 2023, Plenary

Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: An Update on Higher Education

…students and, therefore, that means that they and their families, quite often, are living in temporary accommodation, such as Airbnbs and other hotels. I'm sure you can agree with me, Minister, that this is no way to treat any student, let alone international students, who contribute so much to the…

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Laura Anne JonesConservative

25 April 2023, Plenary

Business Statement and Announcement

…for Social Partnership. The UK Government has recently unveiled a new policy that aims to end veteran homelessness in the UK. Thanks to the Right Honourable Johnny Mercer MP, they've guaranteed money to fund a new programme to end this happening in our society and to ensure our most vulnerable…

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Jenny RathboneLabour

29 March 2023, Plenary

Questions to the Minister for Social Justice

…suitable housing offers to not disrupt the links they've already made, and prevent them from becoming homeless? Has the UK Government provided you with any information about money to be made available to local authorities, who will suddenly have a huge new wave of people who will be presenting as…

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Jane HuttLabour

29 March 2023, Plenary

Questions to the Minister for Social Justice

…We're awaiting clarity from the UK Government in relation to funding. They've announced a £150 million homelessness prevention fund, but we haven't heard what the allocation for Wales will be. But I have written, with Councillor Andrew Morgan, who's the leader of the Welsh Local Government…

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Julie JamesLabour

29 March 2023, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence from the Minister for Climate Change: part 2

…big city and other people don’t. It’s one of the things that I always say when we’re talking about the homelessness strategy—you have to find the right home for the right person to help them to thrive. So, for some people, if you put them in a tower block in the middle of a large city, they’d be…

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Dean Kirby

27 March 2023, Petitions Committee

Evidence session 2 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales

…and ended up in hospital. She said that it was the worst period in her life and she'd experienced homelessness, but she said that this was worse than that; it was so horrible for them all. There was another case in London, and this was a woman who was at a foodbank when the men came and forced their…

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Bethan Sayed

27 March 2023, Petitions Committee

Evidence session 1 - P-06-1326 The Senedd should scrutinise the prepayment meter scandal in Wales

…and that, if they are in a vulnerable position, they're not put into a position where they are made homeless, or they cannot afford to pay their bills or they're indebted. So, I would like to see one of the suggestions coming from this inquiry to give it the same legs as water and for it to be…

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Mark DrakefordLabour

24 March 2023, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister

Cost of Living

…to help people with the cost of rent and then pays much, much more in dealing with the consequences of homelessness and all the other impacts in those families' lives. So, I am sometimes baffled by the way that those arguments don't land because, actually, they would save the UK Government money, if…

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Yr Athro Simon Hoffman

23 March 2023, Local Government and Housing Committee

The Right to Adequate Housing - evidence session 5

…of challenges to meeting the objectives of the right to adequate housing in Wales, including persistent homelessness, lack of affordable housing and lack of accessible housing, for example, for disabled people. The other point I'd make is that even if we were in a position where we were making…

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Dr Koldo Casla

23 March 2023, Local Government and Housing Committee

The Right to Adequate Housing - evidence session 5

So, starting with the latter part of the question, I think a lot of progress has been achieved so far in relation to homelessness, in relation to security of tenure, in relation to provision of social housing in this country. Advocating for the right to housing doesn't mean that what has been done…

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