7. Welsh Conservatives Debate: Housing

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:51 pm on 9 January 2019.

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Photo of Huw Irranca-Davies Huw Irranca-Davies Labour 5:51, 9 January 2019

I thank the Minister for giving way. I couldn't as a Labour Co-operative Member let the debate go without actually putting a shout out for co-operative housing solutions and also community land trust models. If you look back to the 1980s, Bernie Sanders—I think he describes himself as a democratic socialist; I think in America they called him a communist—actually brought forward one of the most innovative, now one of the largest—over 500 homes—inner city areas that is devised on a community land trust model. We still have them at the edge of our thoughts and I wonder if we can develop those along the M4, in inner cities, like they're doing in Bristol and London and so on, as part of this solution. So, please give support to them as well.