For the first time on the Housing Sector Podcast, I’m joined by three guests — campaigners from the grassroots group Welsh Cladiators — to talk about building safety, leasehold injustice, and the slow, painful fight for accountability in Wales.

Despite having a devolved government, the issues facing residents in Wales mirror those in England. Unsafe homes. Delays. Legal loopholes. A government that won't act until pushed. The housing crisis may wear different colours, but it speaks the same language — one of silence, stalling, and shifting responsibility.

We speak about the importance of standing together. About what unites us, not divides us. This fight has been carried by unpaid residents and grassroots campaigners — people like Rob Nichols, Mark Thomas, and Geoff Spight — who have become experts by necessity, not choice. While others draw salaries and stall progress, these voices keep pushing forward for one simple reason: because no one else will.

What we want isn’t complicated. Just safe, affordable, decent homes. That shouldn’t be too much to ask.

https://opencollective.com/welsh-cladiators

https://www.facebook.com/groups/welshcladiator/

https://nation.cymru/opinion/welsh-cladiators-leading-the-way-to-justice-for-building-safety-victims/

https://www.leaseholdknowledge.com/tag/welsh-cladiators/

https://www.leaseholdknowledge.com/more-than-six-years-after-grenfell-and-15-months-after-the-building-safety-act-how-does-labour-wales-compare-with-tory-westminster-over-fixing-badly-built-blocks-of-flats/

https://business.senedd.wales/documents/s162509/Paper%2011%20Building%20Safety%20-%20Response%20from%20Welsh%20Cladiators%20-%209%20June%202025.pdf

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