Carmarthenshire in housing finals
Carmarthenshire is through to the finals of a national competition for providing good affordable housing. The county is on the shortlist of finalists for the Welsh local public services’ award scheme announced at the Welsh Local Government Association Conference for Our Homes - delivering good quality affordable housing. The Awards will be presented at an Efficiency and Innovation Conference in the autumn. The Excellence Wales scheme describes good quality, affordable housing as the bedrock of Carmarthenshire County Council’s communities. The council through its direct intervention and working with the voluntary and private sector, can demonstrate significant improvements including: reducing housing unfitness and disrepair, empty properties, unemployment and long term sickness while economic prospects have improved in renewal areas. There has also been a reduction of domestic CO2 emissions by 11,000 tonnes, saving residents in excess of £1.9m a year on domestic energy costs and the cou...