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A pilot scheme designed to help tackle an immediate shortage of affordable housing in Cardiff has been agreed by the council's cabinet.

As part of the scheme up to 200 pre-fabricated, one to three-bed modular flats could now be temporarily installed on the former Gasworks site at Ferry Road, Grangetown. A number of vacant buildings containing 25, fully-furnished, one, two, and three-bed serviced apartments, and one four-bedroom house, could also be brought under council ownership.

Currently the council already has 48 modular, de-mountable flats on the brownfield Gasworks site, which are housing 29 families in energy-efficient flats.

The local authority already has plans to build 500 affordable homes on the Gasworks site, including council houses. In the meantime, while it waits for construction works to begin and for the permanent homes to become available, it will expand the use of modular flats on the site to accommodate more families.

Welsh Government has confirmed its financial support for both schemes and will grant fund about 50 per cent of the costs involved.

Working with its Cardiff Living partner – Wates Residential – the council will now look to bring 200 more de-mountable homes to the site to help people looking for housing; and to purchase the serviced apartments.

Cllr Lynda Thorne, the cabinet member for housing and communities, said the housing issues being experienced in Cardiff are part of "a wider malaise affecting councils all over Wales and the UK".

“We have come up with a scheme which could see brownfield land in council control; land which has been set aside for a 500-affordable-home development which we are bringing forward, used for temporary housing while we wait for building works to begin," said Thorne.

"Then once the permanent council homes begin to open on site we can move the de-mountables to other areas of the city where they can continue to house families who need a home. These demountable flats have a guaranteed 60-year lifespan so we know they can act as good, much-needed, temporary accommodation for years to come."

Julie James, minister for climate change Julie James, added: "We are committed to building 20,000 new low carbon homes for rent in the social sector over this Senedd term.

"We will continue to work with local authorities and partners across Wales to bring forward innovative solutions to local housing pressures."

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