The Welsh Assembly has cut the maximum right-to-buy discount in Wales by 拢8000 to 拢16,000.
Housing campaigners welcomed the change, which comes into force from 2 April.

But they said more needed to be done to tackle the falling number of social housing properties. More than 110,000 council homes in Wales have been sold through the right to buy.

Plaid Cymru shadow minister for local government, housing and finance Janet Ryder said: 鈥淲e are pleased the discount has been reduced but want further reductions, and we want the Assembly to do as much as it can to put a stop to the right to buy.鈥�

She added: 鈥淲e would review our position in the future if we built sufficient social housing to replace that which has been lost.鈥�

A spokesman for Cardiff council said it had asked for the suspension of right to buy in the city, where there is a 906-year wait for a council house in some areas.

He said cutting the discount was 鈥渁 step in the right direction鈥�.

n Cardiff council, the Wallich Clifford community and homelessness charity Shelter Cymru have launched a campaign to raise awareness of homelessness in Cardiff.

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Housing Today