Housing and Regeneration Minister will today announce which
projects will share in the second phase of the three-year
Innovative Housing Programme, worth £90m in total.
Successful projects include:
- Nearly £7m for Pobl Group who are developing 225 homes near
Tonyrefail. The investment will create the infrastructure to
ensure the homes can act as power stations – a UK first at this
scale
- £4m for Cartrefi Croeso to build 30 homes in Burry Port using
Welsh timber, local off-site manufacturing using local labour,
featuring TÅ· Solar panels manufactured in West Wales
- £650,000 for Denbighshire Council to work with partners to
establish a factory to produce timber-framed Passivhaus homes for
local social landlords. Cartrefi Conwy will receive £442,000 to
build 16 homes using the system. The local supply chain will
provide training to local people who might otherwise face
barriers to the jobs market
- £1m for Anglesey Council working with Coed Cymru and social
housing providers to deliver an affordable and flexible housing
construction system using local Welsh softwood and support the
development of a local supply chain
- £1.1m for Flintshire Council to build 12 apartments with the
flexibility to meet changing needs in social housing including
apartments size, wheelchair accessibility and supported living
- £1.9m for Newydd Housing Association to build 23 homes as
well as space for start-ups and established businesses as part of
the Goods Shed development in Barry
- £2.6m for Powys Council to build 26 low-carbon homes in
Newtown using Welsh timber
- £839,000 for Wales and West Housing Association to build 14
homes in Bridgend using the Solcer House model which incorporates
energy efficiency and renewable technologies
- £568,000 for Gwynedd Council to build four adaptable pods to
Passivhaus standard to provide stable intermediate accommodation
for homeless people.
- £9m for Linc Cymru Housing Association to create 50 homes in
a timber tower with vertical greening in Cardiff
said:
“We are investing in our Innovative Housing Programme to reduce
fuel poverty, reduce the impact of house building on the
environment, and reduce the health and wellbeing inequalities
which are exacerbated by poor quality housing.
“It is clear that if the scale and pace of house-building is to
increase significantly, traditional approaches are unlikely to
deliver on their own. Done the right way, we have an opportunity
to build high quality, near zero carbon homes, capturing and
boosting the skills and expertise within the Welsh construction
and manufacturing industries.”
