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Welsh government on course to break its 20,000 social homes promise, watchdog says
Chimneys on a row of terraced residential houses in south east London

THE Welsh government is on course to break its manifesto promise of 20,000 new social homes, a watchdog warned yesterday.

Fewer than half of the homes promised by Labour at the last Senedd election have been built, a report by Audit Wales reveals.

“If the Welsh government is to meet the 20,000 social homes target by March 2026, it will need to spend significantly more than planned,” the watchdog warned.

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