A community has spent ten years living in damp, mouldy, and damaged homes following a scandal that saw their property damaged by a programme of improvements offered to improve their energy efficiency.
Those living in the more than 100 affected houses in the village of Caerau, near Maesteg, say stress, poor health, and thousand of pounds in personal costs have been the result of the scheme where Bridgend Council paid more than £300,000 to insulate homes under a grant known as Arbed.
Homes in Caerau that were subject to the poor installations say they have suffered with issues such as damp, mould and structural damage to the homes in the ten years since work first began, costing many up to almost £20,000 each in repairs. While Welsh Government agreed to set aside around £2.65m worth of funding to rectify the situation a year ago, as of January 2023 it seems that so far no work has begun on the Bridgend houses.
