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Jennie Bibbings @jenniebibs.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Housing support is the main focus of this morning's meeting of the Senedd's Local Gov & Housing Committee @SeneddLGHousing Cab Sec Jayne Bryant MS will be answering Qs about the Housing Support Grant and the drive to end homelessness. Watch on senedd.tv 📺

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Jennie Bibbings @jenniebibs.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

This Wednesday Senedd members will debate the Local Gov & Housing Committee report on how to increase social housing supply. Ahead of the debate, I've written a piece summarising the report and the Welsh Gov's response: tinyurl.com/bddr86r7

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Wales’s housing crisis: the role of social housing supply

Wales is in the midst of a housing crisis and increasing the supply of social housing is essential to address it, according to the Senedd’s Local Government and Housing Committee.

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Jennie Bibbings @jenniebibs.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

The Welsh Gov rejected a key recommendation in the @senedd.wales Local Gov & Housing Committee inquiry on social housing supply. In this article, Chair John Griffiths MS explains why the Committee believes a Welsh development corporation would deliver more social homes: tinyurl.com/ytf5hrrs

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Lessons from the past for the future - WHQ

Welsh Government should look again at the case for a national development corporation, says John Griffiths MS. When I spoke at the Community Housing Cymru conference in November to launch our report o...

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Jennie Bibbings @jenniebibs.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

The Welsh Government proposes to spend 4.9% of its total budget on housing and regen in 2025-26. This was mentioned by John Griffiths MS, Chair of the Senedd Local Gov & Housing Committee, during this AM’s scrutiny session with the Cab Sec. If you missed it, catch up here: tinyurl.com/yc8r4854

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Agenda for Local Government and Housing Committee on Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 09.00 | Senedd

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Jennie Bibbings @jenniebibs.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

The Welsh Government has confirmed that it will explore enabling renters to keep the last 2 months' rent as compensation when facing a no-fault eviction. Ahead of this Wednesday's plenary debate, I've written this article on the Local Gov & Housing Committee report: tinyurl.com/4w9kmbpz

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Rent levels, conditions, and evictions: the Welsh private rented sector

The Welsh Government has confirmed that it will explore enabling renters to keep the last two months of their rent as compensation when facing a no-fault eviction. The Senedd’s Local Government and Ho...

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Jennie Bibbings @jenniebibs.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Interesting blog post by Prof Dave Cowan on what the Renters' Rights Bill means for Wales. The Welsh Gov is using the Bill to outlaw discrimination against tenants with kids or claiming benefits. Senedd scrutiny is throwing up various issues, lucidly analysed here by Dave: tinyurl.com/5h9hccf4

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Renters Rights (or when renting discrimination becomes a constitutional issue)

Back in September 2024, Jayne Bryan (the Cabinet Secretary for Housing) laid a Legislative Consent Memorandum before the Senedd seeking consent for certain provisions of the Westminster government&…

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Nigel Pugh @nspugh.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I’ve had council planning officers tell me in #Wales that they haven’t been able to check if planning regs have been met. Be it our statutory SuDs, protected trees, sites, or biodiversity net gain delivered. What kills #nature our divorce from it, austerity, wealth disparity, & growth economics.

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Jennie Bibbings @jenniebibs.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Best early Xmas present this morning - a follow from my number 1 childhood hero, @shakinstevens1.bsky.social !! He's got a new album out (political content!) and working with the Salvation Army. Great to see Shaky fighting the good fight ✊

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Jennie Bibbings @jenniebibs.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

1/4 I've written an article about rapid rehousing - explaining what it is, what progress has been made, and what will need to happen to make it a reality in Wales. I'm often surprised at how many people in the housing sector don't really understand what rapid rehousing means.

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Jennie Bibbings @jenniebibs.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

I must say I'm loving this new blog by Prof Dave Cowan at Cardiff University, on Welsh housing law and policy. Today's post is a well-considered take on the new Senedd Local Government and Housing Committee report on social housing supply. More please Dave :) tinyurl.com/3yc96xdc

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Social housing supply

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

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Richard Martin @mimosacymru.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

#Senedd Starter Pack now updated with added @jacksargeantms.bsky.social @lynneneagle.bsky.social and @jennyrathbone.bsky.social go.bsky.app/7z84W2k

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Jennie Bibbings @jenniebibs.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Having worked so hard on this over the last year, I am proud of the Committee's report on increasing social housing supply. The quality of evidence to Committee was extremely high. Wales needs a critical mass of social housing - at least 20%, ideally up to a third of stock. tinyurl.com/246zrhh2

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