Stop pricing out our kids from rural Wales

Housing National by RhodriHillFarm · 🏷️ 1. Concerned Citizen · Local · 47 minutes ago
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I was talking to my neighbour the other day and his daughter is moving to England because she can't afford a house around here, it's a right shame. She's a local girl, went to the same school as my son, and now she's off because the prices are too high. It's not just her, I've seen it happening all over, young people having to leave because they can't get on the property ladder.

I've been farming this land for years and I've seen the community change, it's not just the young people leaving, it's the shops closing, the pubs shutting, it's the whole village dying. My son wants to study in Cardiff and I'm worried he'll never come back, I want him to take over the farm one day but if he can't afford a house he'll have to look elsewhere. We need to do something to stop this, we need to make sure our kids can afford to live in the communities they grew up in.

RhodriHillFarm 🏘️ County Councillor Local

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