The Vale is facing its worst housing crisis in history

New data shows that an increase in the number of people living in emergency accommodation has risen in the Vale of Glamorgan.

With the current UK housing crisis these are the highest levels of people facing homelessness and living in emergency accommodation the council has seen.

Recent council figures showed that: Applicants registered on Homes 4U totalled at 6,930. Households homeless and placed in temporary accommodation totalled at 204. Households homeless and placed in in Hotel/B&B accommodation totalled at 4 and homeless families with children placed in a Hotel/B&B accommodation over the past twelve months totalled at 49.

In a post on ‘X’ leader of the Vale council, councillor Lis Burnett issued the following statement: “A number of years ago this Council was justifiably proud of having no residents placed in temporary accommodation.

 “However, there is a current housing crisis in the UK caused by an acute shortage of affordable accommodation, meaning that this Council is facing its highest housing demands for many years.”Stock Image of homeless person (Image: NQ) Charities and council run accommodation used to support individuals facing homeless in the Vale includes:

Croes Ffin housing, Croes Ffin is accommodation specifically for people who have faced challenges with drugs or alcohol.

Located on Holton Road Barry the charity has ensuite rooms with a communal area for recovery-focused activities and creating a sense of community. Each resident is allocated a dedicated Support Worker to help them.

Vale Floating Support provided by the Wallich in Barry. The team is based on Holton Road and is currently supporting 87 people across the Vale in a variety of different housing situations.

They help people to address housing and personal difficulties, build skills to boost confidence to ultimately improve their ability to maintain current and future accommodation.

Each service user is assigned a support worker, who can help with: signposting to appropriate services around individual needs, e.g. housing, benefits, debts, mental health services, substance misuse, counselling and more.

There is also Llamau homelessness prevention services based on Holton Road in Barry. Llamau was founded in 1986 to provide homeless teenagers with a safe place to stay.

Since then, the charity has supported over 100,000 young people, women and children who are facing or experiencing homelessness.

The Vale of Glamorgan council are also using the Holiday Inn at Cardiff Airport for emergency homelessness accommodation.

A spokesperson for The Vale of Glamorgan council said regarding the housing crisis issue: “There are a number of other hotels, council homes, a hostel and private rented accommodation being used for this purpose.”