City’s housing shortage at a ‘crisis’

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Cardiff is facing a housing crisis according to one city councillor and wants to see improvements on the amount of people living out of hotels. There are roughly 8000 people currently on housing waiting lists in Cardiff, with the council hoping to bring that number down in the future.

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00:00Local authorities across the country are facing housing issues, and Cardiff is no different,

00:06with a massive number of people currently on a housing waiting list in the city.

00:10Roughly 8,000 people are currently waiting for a home in the city, with many of them

00:16being forced to live out of hotels in the meantime.

00:19Cardiff Council's Cabinet Member for Housing and Communities, Councillor Linda Thorn, has

00:24said that the situation is scary, and despite seeing improvements in recent months, she

00:29says that more needs to be done.

00:33She says that five hotels around the city have been entirely repurposed for social housing,

00:37and families living in hotel rooms feel trapped and isolated.

00:42The council has its own unit called The Gas Works, which has 155 units for those in need

00:47of housing, as well as turning some units into self-contained accommodation with support

00:52on site, hoping to bring an end or at least ease the ongoing saga.

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