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Committee ‘concerned’ Welsh government’s 20,000 social homes target will not meet demand
The Housing and Local Government committee has suggested that the government needs to raise its social housing target from 20,000 to 60,000.
A committee in the Senedd has said it is concerned the Welsh government’s target to build 20,000 social rent homes by March 2026 will not be met, and even if it is, it will not be sufficient to meet demand.
A report published yesterday by the Housing and Local Government Committee recommends that social housing should make up 20% of Wales’s total housing stock.
To achieve this, the government would need to deliver an additional 60,000 social homes.
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