Bron Afon Community Housing
At a glance
Location type: Mix of towns, rural and old industrial.
Residents: Many living in difficult circumstances through lack of employment opportunities. Significant number of older people. Many health problems and life expectancy very low compared to more affluent neighbouring districts.
Stock size and type: 8,000 homes, including 900 for retirement living. Most built from 1960 onwards.
Background
Bron Afon took transfer of the great majority of its stock as a transfer from Torfaen Council some 15 years ago. It still works in a concentrated area just 12 miles long and 8 miles wide that forms the easternmost of the traditional Welsh mining valleys. There are three main towns with differing characteristics. In the north is Blaenavon, a former coal mining town built for the workers and their families but now de-industrialised. In the centre is the main town, Pontypool, which has also lost much of its former industry and prosperity. And in the south is Wales’s only New Town, Cwmbran, begun in the 1960s. The association has about a quarter of the local housing stock – one of the highest percentages in the country.
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DownloadThis project was made possible by funds provided by the NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) under the NSW Community Housing Industry Development Strategy (IDS). The NSW Community Housing IDS is a partnership between CHIA NSW and DCJ.