NDM7946 - Opposition Debate
Tabled on 02/03/2022 | For debate on 09/03/2022To propose that the Senedd:
1. Acknowledges that Wales requires up to 12,000 new dwellings per year.
2. Expresses serious concern that during the last year the number of new dwellings commenced fell by 30 per cent to 4,314 and the number of homes completed fell by 23 per cent to 4,616.
3. Believes that the failure to build more homes in Wales is having a detrimental impact on property availability.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) facilitate the building of 12,000 homes per year;
b) restore the right-to-buy in Wales, reinvesting sale proceeds into more social housing and protecting homes from sale for 10 years;
c) work with planning authorities to see more land allocated in communities facing local affordability difficulties, including making more land available for self-build projects;
d) scrap plans for a national construction company and support the growth of the private home-building sector.
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Delete all and replace with:
1. Acknowledges the challenges being faced by the housing sector which are having a detrimental impact on housing supply across Wales.
2. Welcomes the investment being made in housing by Welsh Government.
3. Notes the Welsh Government’s commitment to deliver 20,000 low carbon, social homes during this term of Government.
4. Notes the commitment to establish a National Construction Company, Unnos, to support our councils and social landlords to improve the supply of social and affordable housing.
