Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:08 pm on 21 March 2017.
Dawn Bowden
Labour
2:08,
21 March 2017
Okay. They couldn’t find a guarantor, because they had no access to anybody who could guarantee the rental with the private landlord. So, could you, First Minister, give some indication of what the Welsh Government can do, possibly working in conjunction with local authorities and housing providers, to break down the barriers that make it difficult for the homeless to secure rented accommodation and possibly look at—
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