English: Thank you for your statement. You referred to people helped into temporary or emergency accommodation. How do you therefore respond to the report released by Audit Wales on 23 July on avoiding a return to rough-sleeping after the pandemic, which found that up to £209 million is wasted annually by the Welsh public sector reacting to, but not solving, rough-sleeping, and cited examples of a revolving door for service users assisted off the streets into temporary accommodation but without the necessary support to address the root causes of their homelessness and who often ended back where they started? You refer to the increasing notice period for eviction to six months, other than in relation to anti-social behaviour. Do you therefore - and you partially addressed this - recognise the need to protect both tenants and landlords, particularly in light of the increasing dependency of people on the private rented sector for housing and the damaging effect the pandemic has had on the sector? The majority of landlords let out one or two properties. Many rely on that income for their day-to-day living expenses, for example a landlord who told me, 'The house I own is my only property. I rely on the rent as my sole income for living expenses as I approach state pension age. I rented it out on a six-month tenancy. The tenancy has now run its course and the tenants are currently four months in arrears, have ceased communicating with me or my agents, and leave me with the dire situation of having no income but still my bills to pay. This will now continue for a long time. I'm 63, have no pension, no work, currently living in a narrow boat, and my financial situation is becoming intolerable, as I fear for my mental health.' How do you respond to suggestions, therefore, by the National Residential Landlords Association not only for the adoption of a low-cost or interest-free tenant loan scheme for COVID-19-related arrears, which you did refer to, but for payment to be made to the landlord - or can it be - and a mechanism for landlords to access grants where renters are unwilling to engage or make an application themselves? This is particularly relevant for landlords where possession cases started before the stay and for those where arrears have accrued unrelated to COVID. How do you respond to the call by the British Psychological Society for the Welsh Government to commit to developing a comprehensive cross-departmental anti-poverty strategy that places psychology at the heart of its approach and families and communities at the heart of its coronavirus recovery plans? How do you respond to the statement by the Building Communities Trust, the Welsh charity that runs the lottery-funded Invest Local programme, Wales's largest asset-based community development initiative, that a public sector culture of doing to, not with, has eroded community capacity and trust, and reduced social infrastructure, and that improving support for local people to do the things that matter to them can help tackle the impact of poverty, develop local skills and promote health and well-being? How do you respond to the statement by Hafod, the not-for-profit housing, care and support provider that we need to tackle causes, not symptoms, and, therefore, to focus on community and citizen strengths to help people take ownership to achieve their personal and collective ambitions? How do you respond to the call by the Nationwide Foundation for a commitment to support community-led housing in Wales as an integral part of affordable housing delivery? How do you respond to the calls by Tai Pawb for a human right to adequate housing in Wales, accessible housing, ensuring that disabled people are able to live independently with confidence, and refugee accommodation? Refugees in Wales face significant barriers in sourcing appropriate accommodation and support once granted leave to remain, hampering their ability to integrate and avoid a spiral of poverty. How do you respond to the call by the Bevan Foundation for the Welsh Government to encourage local authorities to establish a single point of access for free school meals, for pupil development grant and the council tax reduction scheme, making it easier for families in poverty to access them? And how, finally, do you respond to the call by NEA Cymru for the anticipated new Welsh Government fuel poverty strategy to help those most in need, starting with the worst first, improving home energy efficiency, helping reduce energy bills and boosting household incomes? I know that crosses portfolios, but it's key to us all. Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch am eich datganiad. Fe wnaethoch chi gyfeirio at bobl a gafodd gymorth i gael llety dros dro neu mewn argyfwng. Sut ydych chi felly'n ymateb i'r adroddiad a ryddhawyd gan Archwilio Cymru ar 23 Gorffennaf ynglŷn ag osgoi sefyllfa lle mae pobl yn dychwelyd i gysgu ar y stryd ar ôl y pandemig, a ganfu fod hyd at £209 miliwn yn cael ei wastraffu'n flynyddol gan y sector cyhoeddus yng Nghymru yn ymateb i gysgu ar y stryd, ond nid yn ei ddatrys, ac a oedd yn cyfeirio at enghreifftiau o gylch dieflig i ddefnyddwyr gwasanaeth a gynorthwyir oddi ar y strydoedd i mewn i lety dros dro ond heb y cymorth angenrheidiol i fynd i'r afael ag achosion sylfaenol eu digartrefedd ac a oedd yn aml iawn yn dychwelyd i'r sefyllfa yr oedden nhw ynddi yn wreiddiol. Rydych yn cyfeirio at y cynnydd yn y cyfnod rhybudd ar gyfer troi allan i chwe mis, ac eithrio oherwydd ymddygiad gwrthgymdeithasol. A ydych chi felly - ac rydych chi wedi mynd i'r afael â hyn yn rhannol - yn cydnabod yr angen i amddiffyn tenantiaid a landlordiaid, yn enwedig yng ngoleuni dibyniaeth gynyddol pobl ar y sector rhentu preifat ar gyfer tai a'r effaith niweidiol y mae'r pandemig wedi'i chael ar y sector? Mae'r rhan fwyaf o landlordiaid yn gosod un neu ddau eiddo. Mae llawer yn dibynnu ar yr incwm hwnnw ar gyfer eu costau byw beunyddiol, er enghraifft landlord a ddywedodd wrthyf, 'Y tŷ yr wyf fi'n berchen arno yw fy unig eiddo. Rwy'n dibynnu ar y rhent fel fy unig incwm ar gyfer costau byw wrth i mi nesáu at oedran pensiwn y wladwriaeth. Fe'i rhentiais ar denantiaeth chwe mis. Mae'r cyfnod hwnnw bellach ar ben ac mae'r tenantiaid bedwar mis ar ôl ei hôl hi ar hyn o bryd, wedi rhoi'r gorau i gyfathrebu â mi neu fy asiantau, ac wedi fy ngadael gyda'r sefyllfa enbyd o beidio â chael incwm ond â biliau i'w talu o hyd. Bydd hyn yn parhau am gyfnod hir nawr. Rwy'n 63 oed, nid oes gennyf bensiwn, dim gwaith, rwy'n byw mewn cwch cul ar hyn o bryd, ac mae fy sefyllfa ariannol yn mynd yn annioddefol, ac rwy'n ofni am fy iechyd meddwl.' Sut ydych chi'n ymateb i awgrymiadau, felly, gan Gymdeithas Genedlaethol y Landlordiaid Preswyl nid yn unig i fabwysiadu cynllun benthyciadau tenantiaid cost isel neu ddi-log ar gyfer ôl-ddyledion sy'n gysylltiedig â COVID-19, y cyfeirioch chi ato, ond i dalu'r landlord - neu a all fod - a mecanwaith i landlordiaid gael grantiau pryd nad yw rhentwyr yn fodlon cyfathrebu neu wneud cais eu hunain? Mae hyn yn arbennig o berthnasol i landlordiaid pryd dechreuodd achosion meddiant cyn yr arhosiad ac i'r rhai lle mae ôl-ddyledion wedi cronni nad ydynt yn gysylltiedig â COVID. Sut ydych chi'n ymateb i'r alwad gan Gymdeithas Seicolegol Prydain i Lywodraeth Cymru ymrwymo i ddatblygu strategaeth wrthdlodi drawsadrannol gynhwysfawr sy'n rhoi seicoleg wrth wraidd ei dull gweithredu a theuluoedd a chymunedau wrth wraidd ei chynlluniau o ran adfer o'r coronaferiws? Sut ydych chi'n ymateb i'r datganiad gan yr Ymddiriedolaeth Adeiladu Cymunedau, yr elusen Gymreig sy'n rhedeg y rhaglen Buddsoddi Lleol a ariennir gan y loteri, menter datblygu cymunedol fwyaf Cymru sy'n seiliedig ar asedau, bod diwylliant sector cyhoeddus o weithredu, nid cydweithredu, wedi erydu gallu ac ymddiriedaeth cymunedau, ac wedi lleihau seilwaith cymdeithasol, ac y gall gwella'r gefnogaeth i bobl leol wneud y pethau sy'n bwysig iddynt helpu i fynd i'r afael ag effaith tlodi, datblygu sgiliau lleol a hybu iechyd a lles? Sut ydych chi'n ymateb i'r datganiad gan Hafod, y darparwr tai, gofal a chymorth di-elw bod angen i fynd i'r afael ag achosion, nid symptomau, ac, felly, canolbwyntio ar gryfderau cymunedol a dinasyddion i helpu pobl i gymryd perchnogaeth i gyflawni eu huchelgeisiau personol a chyfunol? Sut ydych chi'n ymateb i alwad Sefydliad Nationwide am ymrwymiad i gefnogi cynlluniau tai yng Nghymru y mae cymunedau yn arwain arnynt fel rhan annatod o ddarparu tai fforddiadwy? Sut ydych chi'n ymateb i alwadau Tai Pawb am hawl ddynol i dai digonol yng Nghymru, tai hygyrch, i sicrhau bod pobl anabl yn gallu byw'n annibynnol gyda hyder, a llety i ffoaduriaid? Mae ffoaduriaid yng Nghymru yn wynebu rhwystrau sylweddol o ran dod o hyd i lety a chymorth priodol unwaith y rhoddir caniatâd i aros, gan lesteirio eu gallu i integreiddio ac osgoi tlodi. Sut ydych chi'n ymateb i alwad Sefydliad Bevan i Lywodraeth Cymru annog awdurdodau lleol i sefydlu un man canolog i wneud cais am brydau ysgol am ddim, ar gyfer grant datblygu disgyblion a chynllun gostyngiadau'r dreth gyngor, gan ei gwneud hi'n haws i deuluoedd mewn tlodi elwa ar y rhain? A sut, yn olaf, ydych chi'n ymateb i alwad NEA Cymru am strategaeth tlodi tanwydd newydd ddisgwyliedig Llywodraeth Cymru i helpu'r rhai sydd â'r angen mwyaf, gan ddechrau gyda'r gwaethaf yn gyntaf, gwella effeithlonrwydd ynni cartref, helpu i leihau biliau ynni a hybu incwm aelwydydd? Rwy'n gwybod bod a wnelo hyn i gyd ag amrywiol addrannau, ond mae'n allweddol i bob un ohonom ni. Diolch.