New affordable homes register to help people secure their dream home
A new opportunity for people to increase their chances of securing their dream of having their own home has been launched.
Tai Teg, Affordable Housing Register, is an online affordable housing opportunity to register for people in employment but who cannot afford market housing.
An affordable home is one that is provided for rent or purchase at less than market value.
We know that a substantial number of people in Denbighshire are unable to afford market rent or purchase and this an opportunity for people to access a range of opportunities through new build and vacancies within existing housing.
Tai Teg will streamline the process for registering for a number of innovative schemes that will help people get onto the property ladder or secure a rented home. A number of schemes are available for those in employment and earning between £16,000 and £45,000, with some options for those earning up to £60,000.
Tai Teg does not include the traditional Council or Housing Association properties for rent which are dealt with through Sarth, the single common housing register in Denbighshire. Tai Teg sits alongside the common housing register.
This is a partnership project being led by Grŵp Cynefin including North Wales Local Authorities including Denbighshire and other Housing Associations. All these partners have worked closely together to bring forward the register.
Tai Teg will be used to as evidence in planning applications negotiations to support the Council and Housing Associations to plan for future developments.
Delivering affordable homes is a key priority within Denbighshire, with nearly 250 affordable homes brought forward in the County since 2014. There are a number of planned developments across the County and the Tai Teg register will be used to match people with suitable vacancies.
To find out more and register interest in a home, visit www.taiteg.org.uk
Message from Denbighshire Tenant and Resident Federation (DTARF)
DTARF and has been going for over 20 years now and has achieved so much for the tenants and residents of Denbighshire Housing.
Who are we?
We are a group of tenants and residents who are involved in our communities across Denbighshire. Providing a voice for tenants, we work with Denbighshire Housing and Welsh Government to achieve the highest standards possible for tenants and their communities. Members of DTARF sit on the editorial group for this newsletter and have taken a pride in contributing to the content. We hope you enjoy it.
Our aims:
To strive for safer and more comfortable affordable living, and to improve community life.
We always welcome new members to DTARF. We meet monthly at various locations across Denbighshire, so there will always be an opportunity to attend a meeting close to you. There is a grant for members of any residents association to help each year to achieve their goals through the Council.
If you would like more information about DTARF, please contact John Woodward, Chair at dtarf@hotmail.co.uk
Housing developments
Recently, we shared the news that we would be starting to build new Council homes for the first time in over 25 years.
We’ve just had planning permission for our first development, which will be four apartments on the site of the old Bodnant school canteen in Caradoc Road in Prestatyn. We were pleased to secure Innovative Grant funding from Welsh Government for this project.
Work has recently started on clearing the existing building from the site and we’ll be starting work on building the new apartments later in the summer.
Very soon a planning application will also be going in for a development of new homes to replace the Pennant Flats in Denbigh and we’ll be starting work on converting a property we’ve bought in Brighton Road in Rhyl, which will provide three new apartments.
This is just the first development in our programme of building 170 new council homes throughout the county over the next four years.
Community Events Calendar - Summer 2018
This summer will be even bigger and better with a whole host of community and county run events for all the family to enjoy. Here are just a few:
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If you’d like to find out more about these and other events that are on in your local area, visit http://www.northeastwales.wales/listing-category/events/ or https://www.denbighshire.gov.uk/en/resident/leisure/events/events.aspx or http://www.discoverdenbighshire.wales/