8. Short Debate: No place like home: Houses in multiple occupation and community empowerment

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:18 pm on 27 April 2022.

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Photo of Lee Waters Lee Waters Labour 5:18, 27 April 2022

Well, thank you very much to Peredur Griffiths for his contribution, which I thought was very thoughtful and raised a number of important issues that need reflecting upon, and I'm very pleased that Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Government have a radical joint approach to a number of areas of housing and, indeed, a mechanism by which we can discuss this and find shared solutions to complex and challenging problems.

Now, of course, our ambition for Wales is to value the rented sector, and also to value communities where there are mixed housing and tenures that meet the needs of all those people living within their communities. There are a number of points raised in the contribution and I'll try and address as many of them as I'm able to.

On the point of the rights and roles of tenants, I fully appreciate the points that have been made, and indeed it is why we continue to fund the Tenant Participation Advisory Service, TPAS Cymru, to encourage participation and represent the voice of tenants in Wales. It is vital that tenants are protected, especially those who can be considered vulnerable, and I think the points that both Mabon ap Gwynfor and Peredur Griffiths made are sound ones.