{"id":41896,"date":"2020-03-06T14:48:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T14:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=41896"},"modified":"2020-03-06T14:48:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T14:48:51","slug":"where-cardiff-council-will-invest-256m-to-tackle-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/03\/06\/where-cardiff-council-will-invest-256m-to-tackle-homelessness\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Cardiff Council is investing \u00a3256m to tackle homelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Authority will build 2,230 council houses by 2024, many of which will be in Grangetown<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"426\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/channel-view.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view.jpg 602w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-500x354.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-293x207.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/channel-view.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view.jpg 602w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-500x354.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-293x207.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Grangetown&#8217;s Channel View regeneration is part of the council&#8217;s investment into social housing. Image: Cardiff Council<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>CARDIFF Council has begun the largest social housing building programme in Wales to tackle homelessness and help families in temporary accommodation.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Over the next five years \u00a3256 million will go towards building 2,230 houses, improving existing council accommodation, improving council estates, and adapting homes for elderly and disabled people.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>By May 2022, 1,000 homes are scheduled to be ready. The council has begun initial work on a regeneration project in Grangetown as part of the programme.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Under the plan, council house rents will also increase by inflation plus 1%, in line with the new investment, meaning the average rent for a council home in Cardiff will increase by \u00a32.81 to \u00a3106.24 per week.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Councillor Lynda Thorne, cabinet member for Housing and Communities: \u201cWe have between 400 and 600 families who are homeless and in temporary accommodation, 8,000 on a waiting list and only 1,700 vacancies per year.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is a high need \u2013 so I want to speed this process up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/channel-view-flats-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-flats-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-flats-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-flats-770x1027.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-flats-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-flats-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-flats-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-flats-293x391.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-flats-1400x1867.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-flats-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/channel-view-flats-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-flats-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-flats-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-flats-770x1027.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-flats-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-flats-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-flats-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-flats-293x391.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-flats-1400x1867.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/channel-view-flats-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Channel View flats in 2015, before the cladding was removed. Image: Seth Whales<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Some \u00a340m will be spent on building new council houses, 1,000 of which will be built by May 2022 in sites around Cardiff including Channel View in Grangetown and at the old Rumney High School site.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The houses will be on mixed estates\nmeaning there will be privately owned homes next to ones that are rented, and\nthey will look the same from the outside. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Katie Evans, a mum from Llandaff North,\nsaid: \u201cI think mixed estates work well, it helps prevent estates becoming pockets\nof deprivation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The council are using this type of estate to avoid negative council estate stereotypes and integrate communities.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"566\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/oakway.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/oakway.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/oakway-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/oakway-770x545.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/oakway-500x354.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/oakway-293x207.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/oakway.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/oakway.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/oakway-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/oakway-770x545.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/oakway-500x354.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/oakway-293x207.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Oakway housing estate, Fairwater. Image: Jaggery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Jooley Efan, 53, said: \u201cI grew up\non a council estate in Fairwater and it was like a little community on it\u2019s\nown. People helped each other when they fell on hard times. They looked after\nand respected what they had and what others had.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cHowever, my mother is still living\non the estate and it is a mess. You can walk around and see who owns the house\nand who is a council tenant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Coun Thorne said: \u201cMixed estates give\nopportunities for the people who want to buy as well as for the people who need\nto rent\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Around \u00a311m will be used to improve existing council houses, including recladding on high-rise blocks that were found to be unsafe after the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>In January 2019, cladding was removed\non Lydstep flats in Llandaff North and mould and damp has been building ever\nsince, which has led to children\u2019s toys being covered in mould.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Lydstep-Flats-no-cladding-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Lydstep-Flats-no-cladding-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Lydstep-Flats-no-cladding-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Lydstep-Flats-no-cladding-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Lydstep-Flats-no-cladding-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Lydstep-Flats-no-cladding-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Lydstep-Flats-no-cladding-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Lydstep-Flats-no-cladding-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Lydstep-Flats-no-cladding.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Lydstep-Flats-no-cladding-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Lydstep-Flats-no-cladding-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Lydstep-Flats-no-cladding-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Lydstep-Flats-no-cladding-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Lydstep-Flats-no-cladding-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Lydstep-Flats-no-cladding-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Lydstep-Flats-no-cladding-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Lydstep-Flats-no-cladding-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/Lydstep-Flats-no-cladding.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Lydstep flats in Llandaff North had their cladding removed in Jan 2019. Image: Lily Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Safe cladding won\u2019t be installed in\nthe block until late summer this year. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Around \u00a33m of the money will be used to make houses adaptable for elderly and disabled people. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Coun Thorne said the new builds\nwill be \u201chomes for life\u201d and can be adapted for wheelchair use by turning downstairs\nbathrooms into wet rooms if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The council has also received grants from the Welsh Government to build \u2018carbon free\u2019, environmentally friendly homes. These cost more to build but bills cost far less than a traditional house with a good energy rating. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Coun Thorne, said: \u201cOur\nnew strategy represents the largest council housing building programme in Wales\nand a \u00a3280m investment into building affordable, high quality, sustainable and\nenergy-efficient homes across the city.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Authority will build 2,230 council houses by 2024, many of which will be in Grangetown CARDIFF Council has begun the largest social housing building programme in Wales to tackle homelessness and help families in temporary accommodation. Over the next five years \u00a3256 million will go towards building 2,230 houses, improving existing council accommodation, improving council estates, and adapting homes for elderly and disabled people. By May 2022, 1,000 homes are scheduled to be ready. 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