Partnership creates new homes in Anglesey

Five tenants are benefitting from brand new homes to rent thanks to a partnership with North Wales Housing Association, Welsh Government and Anglesey County Council.

The Rhes Capel social housing project on a brownfield site in Holyhead has been jointly funded by North Wales Housing Association and Welsh Government funds awarded through the Vibrant and Viable Places Programme.

Lesley Griffiths, Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty said:

I am pleased the Welsh Government has been able to support this development with funding of almost £310,000. The project has not only created high-quality housing for local people, but also used local companies and supply chains – supporting the local economy.

This development is an excellent example of partnership working between the Welsh Government, Anglesey County Council, North Wales Housing Association, and the local private housebuilding sector, which is helping to deliver our vision for housing in Wales. I wish all of the tenants every happiness in their new homes.”

The terrace of five new two-bedroom three person dwellings has been built on the site of the former English Methodist Church in Longford Road, and is sited close to local schools and other amenities. The new homes have been built to meet Welsh Government housing design quality standards.

Paul Diggory, Chief Executive for North Wales Housing said:

Rhes Capel is a great project and we’ve pleased to have worked closely with Anglesey County Council and Welsh Government. The regeneration of Holyhead is coming along and this project is another great development for North Wales Housing to manage here.”

Anglesey County Council’s Social Services and Housing Portfolio holder Cllr Aled Morris Jones added:

We are pleased to have played an important role in realising this development, which contributes to our housing and regeneration objectives.”