Denbighshire County Council has won a prestigious national housing award in Cardiff – building on the success of winning a coveted UK Housing Award in 2007.
The multi-award winning team was presented at a ceremony in Cardiff for Outstanding Leadership by a Local Authority. The Chartered Institute of Housing award recognised the excellent work and leadership in Denbighshire in the provision of Affordable Housing. Denbighshire overcame tough competition from Carmarthenshire and Conwy Councils to win this award. This is the culmination of a considerable amount of work by Planning, Housing, Legal, Supporting People and the Housing Associations – Cymdeithas Tai Clwyd, North Wales Housing, Pennaf and Wales & West Housing Association.
The judging panel highlighted the 320 new affordable housing properties across the county since 2004 and assisting developers to continue working through the economic downturn. They also recognised the development of a wide range of joint affordable housing initiatives including a single Low Cost Home Ownership register for the county, the implementation of the Rural Housing Enabler and Empty Homes Projects.
As well as the winning the award Denbighshire narrowly missed out on the ‘Developing and Regenerating Communities’ category for their Empty Homes Project in conjunction with North Wales Housing Association and in the ‘Delivering a Customer Driven Services’ category for the Support and Accommodation Worker Project.
Cabinet Lead Member with responsibility for housing, Councillor David Thomas, said: “I am delighted that Denbighshire has won this award and also been linked with other extremely successful partnerships. I congratulate everyone involved for their dedication and hard work.”
