2. Business Statement and Announcement

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:32 pm on 12 February 2019.

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Photo of Mohammad Asghar Mohammad Asghar Conservative 2:32, 12 February 2019

Minister, may I ask for a statement from the Welsh Government on the eligibility criteria for social housing in Wales? My constituents, Mr and Mrs Harradine, and their four children, rent a house from Newport City Homes. For the last three and a half years, the house has been suffering from damp and mould growing all over the property. This is affecting their health and their children's, who have developed asthma and bronchitis. Health visitors and a doctor at the Royal Gwent Hospital have written to the housing authority, stressing that the condition of this house is causing health problems in the children, but all in vain. No action has been taken by the local council or city council, you can call it. They desperately need to move out, but because both parents are in employment, they are not considered as a priority by the city council. Please can we have a statement from the Minister on what guidance can be given on the eligibility criteria for social housing, since it appears that threats to people's health are not considered serious enough to warrant being rehoused as a priority?