Social housing

Elin JonesPlaid

23 June 2026, Plenary

Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27

…Of course, there is £20 million of capital funding in this budget for investing in new housing, new social housing. Then, on the point that you made at the end, what does allow us as the Government to be more progressive, to aim even higher in how we use the Welsh pound to deliver services better…

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Huw ThomasLabour

23 June 2026, Plenary

Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution: Priorities for Government Effectiveness and Constitution

…Can the Minister explain why, rather than trusting democratically elected councillors to deliver social housing, you want to create a new quango, Unnos, which creates another layer of bureaucracy? I'm going to quote Aneurin Bevan now, probably not for the last time. He said the purpose of getting…

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Rhun ap IorwerthPlaid

23 June 2026, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

The Member raises perfectly valid questions. As with so many things, we keep these things under review. But it was in August last year that the previous Government introduced a revised regulatory framework. Every time there is a revision of the regulatory framework, it is about making sure that the…

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Peter FoxConservative

23 June 2026, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

First Minister, as you'll know, there is no longer a requirement for RSLs to have elected representatives on their boards. Indeed, many of them are already divesting themselves, or have done already, of local representatives. How can you, the Welsh Government, be confident that these organisations…

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Rhun ap IorwerthPlaid

23 June 2026, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

The establishment of Unnos is all about freeing up the building of social housing; it's about finding new and innovative ways of delivering. We have a sector that works in different ways. We have the housing stock retained within some local authorities and we have the plethora of registered social landlords…

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Huw ThomasLabour

23 June 2026, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

First Minister, could you elaborate further on the current position of housing associations in Wales in terms of their number and their interaction with local authorities? In particular, the experience that is common amongst stock-holding local authorities is that housing associations are able to…

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Rhun ap IorwerthPlaid

23 June 2026, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

…and reviewed regularly to make sure that it is effective and that it's delivering the kind of social housing that we need. All social housing tenants have the right to a safe and secure home. I think that's so important. We work closely with registered social landlords and stock-holding local…

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Tom MontgomeryReform

23 June 2026, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

Thank you, First Minister. Many registered social landlords have been partly or entirely born out of the transfer of housing stock from local authorities. However, RSLs are more than just landlords, with housing waiting lists, waste management and anti-social behaviour, to name just some of the…

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Rhun ap IorwerthPlaid

23 June 2026, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

…to my declaration of Members' interests, which states that a close family member sits on the board of a housing association. In answer to the question, we are committed to having well-regulated social housing, recognising that a safe and secure home underpins people's health, well-being and ability…

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Tom MontgomeryReform

23 June 2026, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

3. What will the Welsh Government do to improve the oversight of housing associations and registered social landlords? OQ64198

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Rhun ap IorwerthPlaid

16 June 2026, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

…on the practical answers that are needed to the very real problems that we face, and that is a lack of social housing, which is why this Government is getting on with building more social housing.

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Dan ThomasReform

16 June 2026, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

…We don't need another quango; we need ministerial leadership. The housing sector are telling me that housing associations and house builders, they want to speak to decision makers, not middlemen. Now, houses in multiple occupation are also a big problem in Wales, and it is caused in part by…

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Rhun ap IorwerthPlaid

16 June 2026, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

…of housing. Yes, we have set a high level of ambition for the number of houses we want to deliver. Social housing is a key part of that. And, yes, we need to work with house builders. We also need to work with social housing providers. Plus, we will work through the body established by this…

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