Victims of a home insulation scandal involving shoddy workmanship that wrecked homes in one of Wales’ poorest communities are still waiting for repair work to be done more than a year after the Welsh Government decided to set aside £2.65m to pay for it.
When she announced the cash award, Climate Change Minister Julie James said it was intended to put right errors made more than a decade ago when homes at Caerau near Maesteg were insulated. Homeowners had been left facing repair bills of more than £20,000 for botched work done under a scheme led by a former Labour councillor in Bridgend, Phil White, who died in 2021.
Mr White had been a member of the council’s cabinet and was the subject of an investigation by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales. The authority had paid more than £300,000 to his company Green Renewable Wales Ltd (GRW) to insulate the homes under a grant scheme administered by the council known as Arbed.
