Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:50 pm on 5 April 2017.
Twice for Suzy Davies as well, Cabinet Secretary. Swansea council’s local development plan has already been delayed, and the new date of March has passed and we’re still no nearer being absolutely sure about what this vision that you mentioned looks like, and the innovation that the council can bring to its plan to bring new rental properties into the housing stock. Now, I’ve raised the point a number of times—with you, as it happens—so now I feel entitled to ask: what progress has Welsh Government made in speaking to the houses in multiple occupation sector about converting excess capacity into new, longer term homes? And can I ask, therefore, what advice Welsh Government has given to councils about acquiring those centrally located properties themselves to bring them into the councils’ social housing stock to complement new build?