CEO Shelter Cymru, tweeting in a personal capacity
Joined August 2016
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Ruth Power retweeted
Jun 10
Our CEO @RuthPower10 has reacted to the welcome announcement that the @Welshgovernment's will enshrine a right to adequate housing into Welsh law.
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Ruth Power retweeted
May 13
We’re joining organisations across the housing sector to call on all party leaders to make action on homes, housing insecurity and homelessness a priority this Senedd term.
Check out our joint letter here: tinyurl.com/3esrkxy4
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Ruth Power retweeted
May 13
Rydym yn ymuno â sefydliadau ar draws y sector tai i alw ar arweinwyr pob plaid i wneud cartrefi, ansicrwydd tai a digartrefedd yn flaenoriaeth yn ystod tymor y Senedd hwn.
Edrychwch ar ein llythyr ar y cyd yma: tinyurl.com/4zfn9aaz
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Ruth Power retweeted
May 13
Llongyfarchiadau i @siangwenfelin ar ddod yn Ysgrifennydd Cabinet newydd dros Lywodraeth Leol, Tai a Chynllunio.
Gyda Chymru wedi'i dal mewn argyfwng tai, nid yw'r rôl hon erioed wedi bod yn bwysicach, ac mae Shelter Cymru yma i weithio gyda chi i gyflawni'r newid sydd ei angen.
May 13
Gweinidog Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol, Tai a Chynllunio – Siân Gwenllian.
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Ruth Power retweeted
May 13
Congratulations to @siangwenfelin on becoming the new Cabinet Secretary for Local Government, Housing and Planning .
With Wales trapped in a housing emergency this role has never been more important, and Shelter Cymru is here to work with you on delivering the change needed.
May 13
Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning – Siân Gwenllian.
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Ruth Power retweeted
May 12
Congratulations to @RhunapIorwerth on becoming First Minister of Wales. We look forward to working with you to tackle the housing emergency so that everyone in Wales has access to a safe, secure and genuinely affordable home.
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Ruth Power retweeted
🎧 LISTEN: Our Head of Campaigns Robin White talking to BBC Radio Wales this morning about our new research into just how unaffordable privately renting is in Wales today.
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Ruth Power retweeted
Incredibly proud of the @ShelterCymru team for putting this one together. A real coming together of lived experience and data to make a powerful point. Over to the next Welsh Government now to commit to some solutions (we are happy to lend a hand)
Today we are launching our report: Understanding Affordability, which proposes a new way of thinking about what affordable means.
Rooted in the reality of renting, we worked with renters to understand how unaffordable privately renting is in Wales today.
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Ruth Power retweeted
Mar 26
Today we were pleased to welcome Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local government @JBryantWales to our new office in Swansea to spend some time with our advisers and hear more about our vital work to tackle the housing emergency in Wales.
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Ruth Power retweeted
Feb 24
Really important topic. The Welsh Government cannot realise it's ambitions on homelessness unless the UK Government a) stops putting up barriers and b) supports more social housing.
Vital Welsh MPs hear and carry that message.
Yfory am 2.30pm | Tomorrow at 2.30pm
We will hold a session on housing and homelessness in Wales to examine how UK Government policy can support people facing housing challenges, hearing from @ShelterCymru, @CymorthCymru, @BevanFoundation and @Crisis_uk.
ALT An image of a row of houses in Wales with text that reads 'Evidence session. Housing and homelessness in Wales'
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Ruth Power retweeted
Feb 18
Mae landlordiaid fel arfer yn cael gorchymyn meddiant gan y llys cyn y gallwch gael eich troi allan. Yn aml, ceir gwrandawiad llys i’r barnwr benderfynu a ddylid gwneud gorchymyn mediant.
Byddych yn siŵr o’ch hawliau os wnaiff hyn ddigwydd i chi: shorturl.at/EUtU8
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Ruth Power retweeted
Feb 18
Most landlords have to get a possession order from the court before you can be evicted. There is often a court hearing to help the judge decide whether or not a possession order should be made.
Make sure you know your rights if this happens to you: shorturl.at/EUtU8
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Feb 11
After the welcome passing of the HASHA Bill yesterday, today marks a shift in focus. We must now seize the opportunity it represents and turn its ambitions into better housing futures for people across Wales.
Feb 11
We welcome the passing of the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocations Bill - a landmark moment which has the potential to transform how #Wales prevents and tackles #homelessness.
whq.org.uk/2026/02/10/senedd…
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Ruth Power retweeted
11 Dec 2025
Shelter Cymru strongly believes that a legal right to adequate housing would drive the changes we need to see in our housing system so that we can build a better future for this and future generations. Read more on our blog: sheltercymru.org.uk/the-righ…
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11 Dec 2025
We've held our last @ShelterCymru staff meeting of 2025 & thanked our colleagues - without whom we couldn't help 12k households p.a. or advocate for a better housing future for people across Wales.
This is our Winter Appeal - pivotal to our work.
9 Dec 2025
This Christmas in Wales, one in every 210 children will be waking up homeless. It's a heartbreaking statistic. It doesn't have to be this way. Home is everything. Please help us protect it. Give the gift of home this winter: sheltercymru.org.uk/donate
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Ruth Power retweeted
27 Nov 2025
"The right to adequate housing is a right for everyone to live in security, peace and dignity." In this episode of the podcast, we talk to Chief Executive @RuthPower10 about the right to home and Fundraising Officer Fran Hourihan about the Winter Appeal: bit.ly/4pg4EJu
ALT The Shelter Cymru podcast
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Ruth Power retweeted
22 Nov 2025
Ahead of the Budget, I am supporting @ShelterCymru's calls to reconnect Local Housing Allowance uprating with current rental data, to stop disability related benefits being classed as income available for rent, and to restore LHA to the 50th percentile.
edm.parliament.uk/early-day-…
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Ruth Power retweeted
13 Nov 2025
Important housing day in Wales as the Welsh Government has published the final set of affordable housing supply statistics we will see before the next Senedd Election.
Lots of important stuff in there as well so a few headlines... 🧵
gov.wales/affordable-housing…
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Ruth Power retweeted
11 Nov 2025
“We can’t ask people to wait for a generation to get the home they need now." Shelter Cymru submitted Freedom of Information requests to local authorities across Wales, which revealed that 94,000 households are stuck on social home waiting lists. Blog: bit.ly/47A1Gcz
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Ruth Power retweeted
29 Sep 2025
This old man and his flat feet will be attempting the @CardiffHalf next weekend to raise money for @ShelterCymru and the fight against #homelessness and poor housing.
Can you help? Thank you!
#oldmanrunning
justgiving.com/page/andrew-w…
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