QNR – Senedd Cymru ar 17 Gorffennaf 2019.
The Welsh housing quality standard has had a positive impact on all of our 226,000 social homes in Wales, ensuring that they are of a good quality and suitable for residents. At present 90 per cent of social homes in Wales, including those located in mid and west Wales, meet the standard.
We have invested significant effort and funding into tackling rough-sleeping in Wales, not least through our support for Housing First. Our homelessness action group, chaired by Jon Sparkes, will advise on further action needed to address homelessness in all its forms, including specifically reducing rough-sleeping, this coming winter.
I set out the next steps for strengthening local government in my statement in Plenary on 18 June.
We are investing over £20 million this year alone to support a range of statutory and non-statutory services, including Housing First to prevent and tackle homelessness. Our homelessness expert group has already convened for the first time and will focus on identifying our next steps in tackling all forms of homelessness.