A fund from the Cardiff Capital Region designed to support the development of much needed new homes by helping to remediate brownfield sites is having a significant impact.

Funded from its £1.2bn City Deal the £35m Housing Viability Gap Fund has so far supported 14 housing developments across nine of the ten local authorities that make up the city region in south-0east Wales.

When fully developed the projects will create 2,500 homes having reclaiming the equivalent of 132 football pitches and supported more than 3,000 jobs.

Nine of the projects have already fully drawn their funding allocation, with a further five in progress. All include affordable housing as part of their mix, with the overall proportion currently being finalised.

One of the backed project,s Dragon Park, is a 200-hom

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