Social housing

Jenny RathboneLabour

2 October 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

1. What standards of care for tenants does the Welsh Government expect from housing associations? OQ61604

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Laura Anne JonesConservative

1 October 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: More homes towards ending homelessness

…through the net, coming from across south-east Wales for basic support. With 24,000 people stuck on council housing lists in Newport, the situation is dire: the loss of the winter fuel payment, threats to the single-person council tax discount, soaring rates pushing landlords to evict or sell…

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Jayne BryantLabour

1 October 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: More homes towards ending homelessness

…of existing settlements. An excellent example of that is the recently completed 102 homes, the Adra housing association development, in Prestatyn. So, there are some really positive things going on, but we'll keep in contact and I'll work closely with the Cabinet Secretary on the planning issues.

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Carolyn ThomasLabour

1 October 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: More homes towards ending homelessness

…resilience and resources for planning and development. This has been raised as an issue by north Wales social housing landlords, with applications costing significant sums and taking several years. Would the Cabinet Secretary, along with the Minister for Delivery and your taskforce, investigate…

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Janet Finch-SaundersConservative

1 October 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: More homes towards ending homelessness

…I would rather see that put into house building. And as has been said so many times here, it is rented social housing we need. Now, a bugbear that I have that would help the homeless is there are swathes of land owned by local government, the health boards and everything, and I've spoken with our…

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Jayne BryantLabour

1 October 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: More homes towards ending homelessness

…funding streams to reduce the number of empty homes in Wales, including to bring them back into use as social housing. These include projects such as Leasing Scheme Wales, which I've mentioned. Around 250 properties have signed up to the scheme, of which 60 per cent have been empty for six months or…

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Mike HedgesLabour

1 October 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: More homes towards ending homelessness

…check the contacts that we all have from people in serious housing need. We do not have enough social housing. We need local authorities to be able to borrow against the value of new-build housing, thus, as with financial transactions capital, it would not affect the public sector borrowing…

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Siân GwenllianPlaid

1 October 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: More homes towards ending homelessness

…were successfully moved from temporary accommodation to permanent accommodation in 2023-24. The lack of social housing and affordability issues in the private rented sector are significant barriers, leaving many trapped in temporary conditions for far too long and in unsuitable conditions. As well…

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Jayne BryantLabour

1 October 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: More homes towards ending homelessness

…I’ll try and cover as much as I can. We set a very deliberately challenging and ambitious target on our social homes and our housing targets. We’re taking action to deliver as many homes as quickly as possible, and in my statement I tried to set out a few of those things that, in my short time in…

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Mark IsherwoodConservative

1 October 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: More homes towards ending homelessness

Wales is in a housing emergency, with more than 11,000 people homeless and trapped in temporary accommodation, and almost 140,000 on social housing waiting lists. The Labour Welsh Government slashed funding for housing from 1999, ignoring repeated warnings of a housing crisis and setting in train…

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Jayne BryantLabour

1 October 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: More homes towards ending homelessness

Diolch, Deputy Llywydd. We know that investing in social housing reduces poverty, improves health and helps drive economic growth. Good-quality affordable housing can provide opportunities for every individual and family, positively impacting upon health, mental health and education outcomes. Our…

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Eluned MorganLabour

1 October 2024, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

…thrive. We will boost standards in our schools, increase attendance and provide more homes for social rent. Focusing resources on our most disadvantaged communities through programmes like Flying Start ensures support reaches families in greatest need at the earliest opportunity.

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Vaughan GethingLabour

30 September 2024, Petitions Committee

Updates to previous petitions

We should write to the committee and say, 'Peter Fox believes that more council housing should be built in Monmouthshire'.

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