Have your say on future of housing

RESIDENTS and businesses are being urged to have their say on the future of housing in Carmarthenshire.

Carmarthenshire Council is developing a new 10-year Housing and Regeneration Masterplan and residents are being asked for their views.

Providing quality, affordable homes is a key priority for the council and it is investing millions of pounds in new housing stock; creating much-needed jobs and helping to grow the local economy and regenerate communities.

In 2015, the council became the first in Wales to suspend the Right to Buy to retain its declining housing stock, and built a number of bungalows.

A year later, in 2016, it launched its affordable homes plan to deliver 1,000 additional affordable homes in the county by 2021 by building new, buying from the market and converting empty buildings.

Now the council is shaping its plans for the next 10 years which includes building over 900 new council homes and investing nearly £150million across the county by 2029.

It is important that the new homes are of the right type, size and tenure, and in the right places to build strong sustainable communities where people want to live and work.

Residents are being encouraged to take part in an online consultation which started on June 14.

The council is delivering this commitment in a number of ways, including building more council homes and working with housing association partners to deliver more new build schemes, buying stock that suits its needs, working with developers to ensure a range of affordable homes are built as part of private developments and bringing empty homes back into use.

To take part in the survey please visit the consultation pages on the council website carmarthenshire.gov. wales/consultations. Paper copies are available from customer service Hwbs. The survey closes on July 26.