Private Sector Renewal Activity, 2008-09

Statistics on Private Sector Renewal Activity in Wales include data for the year 2008-09.  The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 25 February 2009.

The key points from the 2008-09 release show:

• Annual expenditure by local authorities on providing help to private owners and to tenants in their area for home improvement and repair continued to decrease.
• Overall, local authorities in Wales spent almost £64 million during 2008-09, a decrease of 5 per cent on the £67million spent during 2007-08 and 39 per cent less than the £104 million spent in 2006-07.
• Over half of this, some £34.4 million, was expenditure on Mandatory Disabled Facilities grants (DFGs) under the 1996 Act. The remaining £29.1 million (46 per cent) of expenditure covered activity under the 2002 Order.
• Expenditure on Mandatory DFGs also continued to decrease during 2008-09 dropping by 7 per cent from the £37 million (r) spent during 2007-08 and by 15 per cent from the £40.5 million spent during 2006-07.
• There were 34 Renewal areas in operation during 2008-09 covering around 43,600 dwellings. Local authorities spent £28.4 million on these areas during 2008-09, a decrease of 10 per cent from the  2007-08 figure of £31.6 million (r).

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5055
E-mail: stats.housing@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

November 2010 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)