English: Diolch, Carolyn. In the spring budget, as everyone knows, the UK Government announced it was cutting discretionary housing payment funding by 22 per cent, from £180 million to £140 million. The Government had, to be fair, boosted DHP funding from £139.5 million to £180 million in 2020-21 amid the pandemic. But I think it is worth noting that this year's funding is now lower than the discretionary housing budget was in 2017-18 or 2018-19. So, the cut has not taken us back to where we were before, it's taken us backwards several years. I do really think that it's time for the UK Government to rethink this strategy. It is clearly not the time for cuts when rent arrears and household debt continue to be a major issue, and the risk of households facing eviction and homelessness continues to be significant. There was a telling report very recently that showed that the wealthiest households had made significant gains in savings and net wealth during the pandemic, while the bottom third of households had become significantly poorer. I do think the UK Government needs to understand the divisions it's causing in society by making some of the really quite petty cuts that it's making in these areas. In Wales, the Welsh Government is providing an additional £4.1 million to local authorities this year to top up discretionary housing payments, to help those on benefits who have struggled to pay their rent. As you know, I recently announced the tenancy hardship grant, which is a new measure worth £10 million, to support people in the private rented sector who struggle to pay their rent, and last year, I announced £50 million of funding for urgent capital projects, to provide high-quality temporary and permanent homes to help enable move-on from temporary accommodation. And last but not least, I was very pleased to increase the housing support grant this year by £40 million - an increase of almost 32 per cent. We set a challenging new-build target as well. But I will say, Llywydd, that it's not the Welsh Government's responsibility to step in where the UK Government has failed, with hard-won money from the Welsh budget, to shore up our people when the UK Government has seriously failed them. I am appalled that they have chosen to do so.
Welsh: Diolch, Carolyn. Yng nghyllideb y gwanwyn, fel y gŵyr pawb, cyhoeddodd Llywodraeth y DU ei bod yn torri cyllid taliadau disgresiwn at gostau tai 22 y cant, o £180 miliwn i £140 miliwn. A bod yn deg, roedd y Llywodraeth wedi cynyddu cyllid y taliadau disgresiwn at gostau tai o £139.5 miliwn i £180 miliwn yn 2020-21 ynghanol y pandemig. Ond rwy'n credu ei bod yn werth nodi bod cyllid eleni bellach yn is na'r hyn oedd y gyllideb taliadau disgresiwn at gostau tai yn 2017-18 neu 2018-19. Felly, nid yw'r toriad wedi mynd â ni nôl i lle'r oeddem o'r blaen, mae wedi mynd â ni nôl sawl blwyddyn. Rwy'n credu o ddifrif ei bod yn bryd i Lywodraeth y DU ailystyried y strategaeth hon. Mae'n amlwg nad dyma'r amser ar gyfer toriadau pan fo ôl-ddyledion rhent a dyledion aelwydydd yn parhau i fod yn broblem fawr, ac mae'r risg y bydd aelwydydd yn cael eu troi allan ac yn wynebu digartrefedd yn parhau i fod yn sylweddol. Cafwyd adroddiad trawiadol yn ddiweddar iawn a ddangosodd fod yr aelwydydd cyfoethocaf wedi gweld cynnydd sylweddol yn eu cynilion a'u cyfoeth net yn ystod y pandemig, tra bod traean isaf yr aelwydydd wedi mynd gryn dipyn yn dlotach. Rwy'n credu bod angen i Lywodraeth y DU ddeall y rhaniadau y mae'n eu creu yn y gymdeithas drwy wneud rhai o'r toriadau diangen mewn gwirionedd y mae'n eu gwneud yn y meysydd hyn. Yng Nghymru, mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn darparu £4.1 miliwn ychwanegol i awdurdodau lleol eleni i ychwanegu at daliadau disgresiwn at gostau tai, i helpu'r rhai sydd ar fudd-daliadau ac sydd wedi cael trafferth talu eu rhent. Fel y gwyddoch, cyhoeddais y grant caledi i denantiaid yn ddiweddar, sef mesur newydd gwerth £10 miliwn, i gefnogi pobl yn y sector rhentu preifat sy'n ei chael yn anodd talu eu rhent, a llynedd, cyhoeddais £50 miliwn o gyllid ar gyfer prosiectau cyfalaf brys, i ddarparu cartrefi dros dro a pharhaol o ansawdd uchel i helpu pobl i symud ymlaen o lety dros dro. Ac yn olaf ond nid yn lleiaf, roeddwn yn falch iawn o sicrhau cynnydd o £40 miliwn yn y grant cymorth tai eleni - cynnydd o bron i 32 y cant. Rydym wedi gosod targed adeiladu tai newydd heriol hefyd. Ond fe ddywedaf, Lywydd, nad cyfrifoldeb Llywodraeth Cymru yw camu i mewn lle mae Llywodraeth y DU wedi methu, gydag arian prin o gyllideb Cymru, i gynnal ein pobl pan fo Llywodraeth y DU wedi gwneud cam difrifol â hwy. Rwy'n arswydo eu bod wedi dewis gwneud hynny.