Plaid delivers £1 million for affordable housing in Carmarthenshire

CAMPAIGNING Plaid Westminster candidate for Llanelli, Dr. Myfanwy Davies has welcomed news of a £15million boost for affordable housing across Wales, with £907,228 of this to be allocated to housing associations in Camarthenshire. 300 new affordable homes will be built across Wales using this money, with more than 6,000 other affordable homes to be created in the next few years in addition to this boost. Plaid’s Deputy Housing Minister Jocelyn Davies announced the cash injection this week.

Speaking from her campaign office in Llanelli, Myfanwy said:
“This is a welcome boost for affordable housing across Carmarthenshire, and there is more to come because this money is in addition to the Social Housing Grant. Plaid in the Welsh Government is delivering affordable housing for the people of Wales, which is essential in the current economic climate. This funding will also help support the Welsh construction industry”

The Deputy Minister for Housing, Jocelyn Davies, said:
“Housing associations have been given this new money to enable them to make the most of the current economic situation. This cash has allowed them to buy unsold homes and plots from private contractors. This action has provided a cash flow to the construction industry, keeping people in work and supporting jobs.”

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SCIF investment breakdown:
The Assembly government has allocated an extra £42 million for the SCIF to boost the creation of affordable homes. The money will be spent via the 22 local authorities in Wales over three years.

£15 million will be spent in 2008/09. The Breakdown is:

Awdurdod lleol / Local Aurthority Allocation from SCIF
Blaenau Gwent £361,013
Bridgend £656,291
Caerphilly £840,723
Cardiff £1,556,142
Carmarthenshire £907,228
Ceredigion £387,902
Conwy £596,687
Denbighshire £484,742
Flintshire £720,359
Gwynedd £652,313
Isle of Anglesey £360,401
Merthyr Tydfil £283,765
Monmouthshire £441,410
Neath Port Talbot £708,427
Newport £694,421
Pembrokeshire £636,562
Powys £677,571
Rhondda Cynon Taf £1,161,770
Swansea £1,172,013
Torfaen £444,175
Vale of Glamorgan £606,942
Wrexham £649,141