Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Housing and Local Government – in the Senedd at 2:21 pm on 14 October 2020.
Thank you, Vikki. I'm very aware of the project in RCT, which we're very pleased to be able to support alongside other new initiatives of that sort. Working with local authorities, we've agreed to extend the private rented sector leasing scheme pathfinder to a further three local authority areas—Rhondda Cynon Taf, Ceredigion and Newport—to ensure more stock in the private sector to house homeless individuals over a period of five years on a lease basis. As a requirement of this and other schemes, local authorities are also able to provide tenancy support services that will help tenants to address any support needs and should help them to maintain their tenancy.
As I've frequently said in the Chamber, we aren't the repository of all good ideas, and many local authorities and partner organisations have helped us with a range of excellent ideas that we've been very pleased to support in order to further our goal of ending homelessness in Wales.