English: The need for shelter is one of the most basic human needs, but this need can be exploited. Many of the problems that we discuss day in, day out with our constituents are related to the housing emergency that has engulfed our communities. Because be in no doubt, this is an emergency, and it is hitting the poorest and most vulnerable in our society the hardest. We must act to protect them. Housing is the single largest living cost faced by most families in Wales, and uncontrolled increases in rents are forcing too many tenants to pay landlords an unreasonable and ultimately unsustainable proportion of their limited income. The picture painted by the statistics quoted by Mabon ap Gwynfor reveals the extent and deepening negative effect of unaffordable unfair rents, which disproportionately hit those on low incomes, deepening inequality, exacerbating already too high levels of poverty. And we know that women, people from ethnic minority backgrounds, young people, refugees, migrants, disabled people and LGBTQ+ people are all disproportionately affected by economic structures that penalise those on low incomes, whilst also facing discrimination as regards access to housing. As we've heard from Mabon ap Gwynfor, rents have increased by almost 13 per cent in Wales over the last year. Shelter Cymru's casework has seen cases of severe increases, in one instance by as much as 100 per cent per month. And the consequences for those unable to afford these increases are dire, often leading to problem debt, eviction, homelessness. Wages have not increased accordingly, and with fuel prices skyrocketing, as well as the rising cost of everyday essentials, the need to act to ensure an end to the way uncontrolled rents are contributing to the cost-of-living crisis and wider social inequality is urgent. Economic justice is an equalities issue. The actions of those of us on the progressive wing of politics must match stated ambitions. As Mabon mentioned, we have an opportunity here to put in train the first steps of meaningful action to help tenants, such as considering targeted rent controls, and supporting the Government's White Paper on housing, and, in doing so, carry the mantle of the giants of Wales's radical tradition. Fellow Members, let's show we are the inheritors of that radical tradition. Poverty limits your freedom to enjoy an enjoyable and authentic life, but even the possibility of being plunged into poverty or losing your home is enough to curtail your freedom. So long as landlords continue to have the capacity to arbitrarily raise rent, tenants will continue to live under a dark cloud of economic uncertainty. This motion is an indication that we as a Senedd would stand up for the rights and freedoms of ordinary people to be able to live their lives without that constant threat. The housing crisis is the result of an economic system that is designed to protect the wealth of the few not the needs of the many, and without mitigation, such as a form of rent control, the system will remain intact. Diolch.
Welsh: Yr angen am loches yw un o'r anghenion dynol mwyaf sylfaenol, ond gellir camfanteisio ar yr angen hwn. Mae llawer o'r problemau rydym yn eu trafod bob dydd gyda'n hetholwyr yn ymwneud â'r argyfwng tai sydd wedi anrheithio ein cymunedau. Oherwydd, yn ddiamau, mae hwn yn argyfwng, ac mae'n cael yr effaith galetaf ar y bobl dlotaf a mwyaf agored i niwed yn ein cymdeithas. Mae'n rhaid inni gymryd camau i'w hamddiffyn. Tai yw'r gost fyw fwyaf a wynebir gan y rhan fwyaf o deuluoedd yng Nghymru, ac mae codiadau afreolus mewn rhenti yn gorfodi gormod o denantiaid i dalu cyfran afresymol, ac anghynaliadwy yn y pen draw, o'u hincwm cyfyngedig i landlordiaid. Mae'r darlun a baentiwyd gan yr ystadegau a ddyfynnwyd gan Mabon ap Gwynfor yn datgelu maint ac effaith fwyfwy negyddol rhenti annheg ac anfforddiadwy, sy'n cael effaith anghymesur ar bobl ar incwm isel, gan waethygu anghydraddoldeb, a gwaethygu lefelau tlodi sydd eisoes yn rhy uchel. A gwyddom fod menywod, pobl o gefndiroedd ethnig lleiafrifol, pobl ifanc, ffoaduriaid, ymfudwyr, pobl anabl a phobl LHDTC+ oll yn cael eu heffeithio'n anghymesur gan strwythurau economaidd sy'n cosbi'r rheini ar incwm isel, wrth iddynt wynebu gwahaniaethu hefyd o ran mynediad at dai. Fel y clywsom gan Mabon ap Gwynfor, mae rhenti wedi cynyddu bron i 13 y cant yng Nghymru dros y flwyddyn ddiwethaf. Mae gwaith achos Shelter Cymru wedi nodi achosion o gynnydd difrifol, cymaint â 100 y cant y mis mewn un achos. Ac mae'r canlyniadau i'r rheini na allant fforddio'r codiadau hyn yn enbyd, gan arwain yn aml at ddyledion problemus, troi allan, digartrefedd. Nid yw cyflogau wedi cynyddu'n unol â hynny, a chyda phrisiau tanwydd yn codi'n aruthrol, ynghyd â chost gynyddol hanfodion bob dydd, mae angen gweithredu ar frys er mwyn roi diwedd ar y ffordd y mae rhenti heb eu rheoli yn cyfrannu at yr argyfwng costau byw ac anghydraddoldeb cymdeithasol ehangach. Mae cyfiawnder economaidd yn fater cydraddoldeb. Mae'n rhaid i weithredoedd y rhai ohonom ar adain flaengar gwleidyddiaeth gyd-fynd â'r uchelgeisiau a gaiff eu datgan. Fel y soniodd Mabon, mae gennym gyfle yma i roi'r camau gweithredu ystyrlon cyntaf ar waith i helpu tenantiaid, megis ystyried rheolaethau rhent wedi'u targedu, a chefnogi Papur Gwyn y Llywodraeth ar dai, ac wrth wneud hynny, parhau yn nhraddodiad cewri radicalaidd Cymru. Gyd-Aelodau, gadewch inni ddangos mai ni yw etifeddion y traddodiad radical hwnnw. Mae tlodi'n cyfyngu ar eich rhyddid i fwynhau bywyd pleserus a diledryw, ond mae hyd yn oed y posibilrwydd o gwympo i fyw mewn tlodi neu golli eich cartref yn ddigon i gyfyngu ar eich rhyddid. Cyhyd â bod landlordiaid yn parhau i fod â gallu i godi rhenti'n fympwyol, bydd tenantiaid yn parhau i fyw o dan gwmwl tywyll o ansicrwydd economaidd. Mae'r cynnig hwn yn arwydd y byddem ni fel Senedd yn amddiffyn hawliau a rhyddid pobl gyffredin i allu byw eu bywydau heb y bygythiad cyson hwnnw. Mae'r argyfwng tai yn ganlyniad i system economaidd a luniwyd i warchod cyfoeth yr ychydig, nid anghenion y lliaws, a heb fesurau lliniaru, megis rhyw ffurf ar reolaethau rhent, bydd y system yn parhau fel y mae. Diolch.