[Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhayader R.D.C.

  • Rhayader (Wales). Rural District Council.
Date:
1965
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Credit: [Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhayader R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    19/30 (page 17)
    Council Houses ^hen the present schemes are completed early in 1966, the Council will own a total of 227 houses. With these occupied, there will still remain a considerable number of applicants. As stated previously some of these are from outside the district and would, if rehoused, still work outside particularly from such sites as Crossgates, Llanyre and Newbridge. As every new house built in this period of escalating prices, inevitably means increased rents all round, the Council will have to face some agonising decisions; whether to build in the areas mentioned above; to try to offset higher rents by a differential rents scheme; whether such a rents scheme would stimulate people to buy their own houses; and to try to judge what effect possible industrial expansion will have on demand, especially in Rhayader. In view of the length of time which normally elapses between planning and fruition, these decisions may have to be faced soon and the following points may be relevant:- (a) When the present schemes are completed the estimated housing list should be: Rhayader 23 Llanyre 14 Crossgates 21 Newbridge 9 Total 67 Of these applicants, about 49 will be from people outside the R.D.C. district, but a number will be either natives wishing to return or people who work or have some other affinity with the area, It is suggested that these will be about 14 to 15 so that the total of 'native1 applicants would be between J>0 - 40; (b) The new industries have taken up about 18 of the houses in Rhayader, if these are to expand perhaps 15 - 20 more may be needed. (c) Some private sites are to be developed and may relieve the burden slightly. (d) In the siting of future projects extra care will have to be taken to consider extraneous influences such as social amenities, public transport, shops etc., for the distance from these is of far greater moment than distance from work. In fact the new industries have stressed that whilst they can easily attract staff all the opposition and all. the difficulties have arisen from the wife's angle.