The Supply of New Houses

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:55 pm on 21 November 2017.

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Photo of Hefin David Hefin David Labour 1:55, 21 November 2017

I would argue that it's important that we address housing need far more, in fact, than we address housing demand. And housing need is those people on lowest incomes who aren't even recognised on the demand curve. Local development plans hopelessly fail to address housing need, and instead deliver expensive executive accommodation in areas like Caerphilly, in the south of my constituency. They don't deliver affordable housing. Will the First Minister accept that more needs to be done to deliver affordable housing, and particularly work with local authorities and registered social landlords to deliver affordable housing in the northern reaches of the communities that I represent, and recognise that LDPs, at this point in time, are failing to do that?