Housing
Social housing, renting, homelessness, second homes, building safety, warmer homes and the planning system.
In the Programme for Government this sits under the well-being objective Helping households with the cost of living.
Showing the theme Warmer, greener homes. The Programme commitments are the brief's as a whole.
- Statements and debates
- 1
- Contributions
- 336
- Written questions
- 0
336 contributions in the Sixth Senedd touched on this. The busiest month was Jan 2025, with 130.
- Labour73%
- Plaid13%
- Conservative9%
- Lib Dem4%
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The debate so far
Housing debates in the Seventh Senedd have centred on the Plaid Cymru Government's target of 20,000 new social homes by 2030, and on planned legislation on private renting and fair rents. Members have also pressed ministers on homelessness and temporary accommodation, slow building safety remediation, holiday let rules and the planning system.
The main arguments
- Siân Gwenllian (Plaid Cymru) said a shortage of homes is at the core of the crisis and set out the 20,000 social homes target. Peter Fox (Conservatives) asked why it would succeed when the last Government missed its target.
- Huw Thomas (Labour) asked whether social housing grant would rise with construction inflation. Dan Thomas (Reform UK) argued delivery needs planning reform and ministerial intervention where councils fall short, and Francesca O'Brien (Reform UK) cited a gap between completions and need.
