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.
Have your say: 4 open consultations on this subject
- Classification of self-catering properties for local tax purposes, closes 30 October 2026
- National Development Framework, closes 20 November 2026
- Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Wales) (Eligibility) (Amendment) Regulations 2026, closes 18 December 2026
Showing the theme Planning. The Programme commitments are the brief's as a whole.
- Statements and debates
- 1
- Contributions
- 88
- Written questions
- 25
- Commitments raised
- 13 of 13
88 contributions in the Seventh Senedd touched on this. The busiest month was Sept 2026, with 29.
- Plaid56%
- Reform22%
- Conservative11%
- Labour9%
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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.
