{"id":51203,"date":"2021-02-26T11:36:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T11:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=51203"},"modified":"2021-02-26T11:37:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T11:37:08","slug":"council-to-miss-housing-target-due-to-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2021\/02\/26\/council-to-miss-housing-target-due-to-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Council to miss housing target due to Covid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Aim to provide 1,000 homes delayed by over six months<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

CARDIFF council is set to miss its target of providing 1,000 new council homes by May 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has pushed this target back to December 2022, with the council blaming the delays on the coronavirus pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On February 1 there were 7,555 people on the council house waiting list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A council spokesperson said: \u201cThe council has an ambitious house-building plan and has targeted the delivery of more than 2,000 new council homes to meet high demand for good quality, affordable housing in the city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The new homes will be delivered in a number of ways, including via our flagship development programme, Cardiff Living, with national developer Wates Residential, the council\u2019s own additional build programme, package deals and buy backs from the open market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile we are making good progress towards our targets, there is no doubt that the pandemic has had an impact on the development programme, partly due to issues with the supply of materials, and the need to accommodate on-site safer working arrangements but also due to our increased focus on delivering specific homelessness recovery projects at speed, in the light of the COVID-19 crisis.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese factors have not stopped our schemes but there has been a delayed handover of our new homes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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