<OpeningPara>The
Local Government and Housing Committee has been set up by the Senedd to look at
policy and legislation, and to hold the Welsh Government to account in specific
areas. These areas include local government, communities, and
housing.</OpeningPara>
<OpeningPara>The
Chair, John Griffiths MS, was elected on 29 June 2021; the wider Committee
membership was elected on 7 July 2021.</OpeningPara>
News
<news>
The Committee will next meet on Wednesday 25 March 2026</news><link>ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=739&MId=15788&Ver=4</link>
<news>On
4 March 2026, the Committee wrote to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and
Local Government to outline areas of concern and ask for further information on
certain matters in relation to its follow-up inquiry on social
housing.</news><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=42801</link>
<news>NEW
INQUIRY: The Committee has launched an inquiry on hazardous disrepair in social
housing on 21 January
2026.</news><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=47075</link>
<news>The
Welsh Government responded to the Committee's Stage 1 report on the Building
Safety (Wales) Bill – 19
December</news><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=46141</link>
<news>NEW
REPORT: The Committee has published its report on the Welsh Government’s Draft
Budget 2026-2027 – 15 December
2025</news><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=45418</link>
<news>NEW
REPORT: The Committee has published its stage 1 report on the Building Safety
(Wales)
Bill</news><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=46141</link>
<news>NEW
REPORT: The Committee has published its stage 1 report on the Homelessness and
Social Housing Allocation (Wales)
Bill.</news><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=45883</link>
<news>NEW
REPORT: The Committee has published its report on the role of local authorities
in supporting hospital discharges – 16 September
2025.</news><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=45079</link>
Current Work
<inquiry>Hazardous
disrepair in social
housing</inquiry><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=47075</link>
<inquiry>Social
Housing
Supply</inquiry><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=42801</link>
<inquiry>Building
Safety (Wales)
Bill</inquiry><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=46141</link>
<inquiry>Homelessness
and Social Housing Allocation (Wales)
Bill</inquiry><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=45883</link>
<inquiry>Legislative
Consent
Memoranda</inquiry><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=38149</link>
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Remit
The
Committee was established on 23 June 2021 to examine legislation and hold the
Welsh Government to account by scrutinising its expenditure, administration and
policy matters, encompassing (but not restricted to): local government,
communities, and housing.
