Funding for Social Housing

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:03 pm on 25 September 2018.

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Photo of Bethan Sayed Bethan Sayed Plaid Cymru 2:03, 25 September 2018

(Translated)

I recognise that your Government is carrying out an independent study at the moment into the definition of 'affordable housing', but I think the problem that has existed over the years with that is that new estates are developed in Wales that don't, according to a local definition, amount to what is 'affordable' locally. Before the summer I raised with you the fact that Help to Buy allowed many families to upgrade their homes—families that perhaps don't need that funding support. As part of the review that you're currently conducting as a Government, would you look into this issue? Because perhaps there would be more funding available for affordable housing if some of those funds went into creating more social housing in our communities.