Liz Davies KC of the Garden Court Housing Law Team presented evidence to the (Welsh Parliament/Senedd Cymru) Local Government and Housing Committee on the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill.
Today, Liz Davies KC presented evidence to the Local Government and Housing Committee on the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill alongside Robin White, Head of Campaigns, Shelter Cymru and Crash Wigley of Landmark Chambers.
The Welsh Government Bill was introduced by Jayne Bryant MS, Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government. The Business Committee has remitted the Bill to the Local Government and Housing Committee. If passed, the Bill will expand access to homelessness services and provide additional support to those who need it most; widen responsibility to certain specified public authorities to identify individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and respond effectively, and prioritise allocation of social housing to those most in need.
Liz is a social housing silk ranked in Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500. She acts as a consultant to Crisis and has represented Shelter and Housing Law Practitioner’s Association pro bono in interventions. She specialises in all aspects of housing law, with a particular expertise in homelessness and allocation of social housing. She is the co-author of Housing Allocation and Homelessness (Luba, Davies, Johnston & Buchanan, LexisNexis, 6th ed, 2022).
Liz also acts as a consultant to the homelessness charity Crisis, and assisted in drafting the Homelessness Reduction Act 2018, amendments to the Domestic Abuse Bill relating to homelessness and Crisis’ draft legislation Homelessness and the Prevention of Homelessness (Covid-19 Response) Bill. She has also given evidence to the House of Commons Housing Communities and Local Government Select Committee on homelessness and the effect of Covid-19.
Liz also practises in areas of community care and Children Act cases, particularly where accommodation might be an issue. She is committed to acting for the homeless, and for tenants and other occupiers, and has a tenacious and practical approach to conducting her cases.
Positioned at the forefront of social housing legal advice, Garden Court’s Housing Law Team is ranked in Band 1 of the Chambers UK Bar Guide & Tier 1 in Legal 500, in recognition of our outstanding expertise in Housing Law. The team is one of the largest in the country and offers expertise across the full range of housing work. Members of the Team have appeared in many of the leading cases and advise and represent clients at all court levels.
