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The Welsh Government has a longstanding commitment to increasing the supply of affordable homes, and this commitment is central to Prosperity for All.    

  

We have a target of building 20,000 new affordable homes over the course of this Assembly, but I want to lay the ground work for the prospect of setting even more stretching targets in the future, in response to a range of housing needs.  I also want Welsh Government to continue to create a climate which drives innovation and improvements in terms of design, quality and energy efficiency.    

  

To support this, I am commissioning a review of affordable housing supply. To ensure that the review is fair, transparent and robust, I will establish an independent panel to oversee this work. The panel working under an independent Chair, will examine the approach we are currently taking, and recommend changes as it sees fit. I have asked Lynn Pamment to chair this group, and I am pleased she has accepted.  

  

Lynn is a Cardiff office senior partner at PwC, and has experience of working with housing associations and others in the affordable housing sector, as well as a broader wealth of knowledge on the public sector more generally.  

  

The review will need to balance the growing need for affordable homes against a backdrop of continuing pressures on the public expenditure available to support house building.  

  

My intention is to establish the review on a task and finish basis, and I expect a report and recommendations from the panel by the end of April 2019\.  

  

In scrutinising the existing arrangements for delivering affordable housing, the group will be expected to:


 


* examine the scope for increasing matching sources of finance and the implications of that for grant intervention rates
* Examine how partnership working is currently governed between local authorities and housing associations, and recommend how relationships can be maximised to deliver on housing supply ambitions
* evaluate the impact of moving to deliver zero carbon homes by 2020 including the role of off\-site manufacture and modern methods of construction
* provide advice on whether there should be changes to the standards governing the design and quality of affordable housing
* make recommendations on how a sustainable rent policy can help determine long term affordability for tenants and the viability of existing and new housing developments.
* advise on how the development capacity in Large Stock Voluntary Transfer (LSVT) housing associations and stock\-holding local authorities can be maximised especially after 2020 when all existing stock meets the Wales Housing Quality Standard.


  

I will provide a further statement on the membership of the panel in the near future.


 


 


 


 


 







Translation:


 
Mae gan Lywodraeth Cymru ymrwymiad hirdymor i gynyddu’r cyflenwad o dai fforddiadwy, ac mae’r ymrwymiad hwn yn ganolog i waith Ffyniant i Bawb.   
  
Mae gennym darged i godi 20,000 o dai newydd fforddiadwy dros gyfnod y Cynulliad hwn ond rwy eisiau gosod y sylfaen ar gyfer y posibilrwydd o bennu targedau sy’n fwy ymestynnol byth yn y dyfodol, mewn ymateb i ystod o anghenion gwahanol o ran tai. Rwy hefyd eisiau gweld Llywodraeth Cymru yn parhau i greu hinsawdd sy’n ein hysgogi i fod yn arloesol ac i wneud gwelliannau o ran dyluniad ac ansawdd y tai yn ogystal â bod yn effeithlon o ran ynni.   
  
I gefnogi’r gwaith uchod, rwy’n comisiynu adolygiad o’r cyflenwad tai fforddiadawy. Er mwyn sicrhau bod yr adolygiad yn deg, yn dryloyw ac yn gadarn, byddaf yn sefydlu panel annibynnol er mwyn cadw llygad ar y gwaith hwn. Bydd y panel, o dan arweiniad Cadeirydd annibynnol, yn edrych ar ein dull presennol o weithredu a chynnig argymhellion yn ôl yr angen. Rwy wedi gofyn i Lynn Pamment i gadeirio’r grŵp ac rwy’n falch iawn ei bod hi wedi derbyn y cynnig   
  
Mae Lynn yn brif bartner yn swyddfa PwC yng Nghaerdydd ac mae ganddi brofiad helaeth o weithio gyda chymdeithasau tai ac eraill yn y sector tai fforddiadwy, ac mae ganddi wybodaeth eang iawn am y sector cyhoeddus yn gyffredinol.   
  
Bydd angen i’r adolygiad sicrhau bod cydbwysedd rhwng y galw cynyddol am dai fforddiadwy a’r pwysau parhaus sydd ar yr arian cyhoeddus sydd ar gael i’w wario ar adeiladu tai.  
  
Fy mwriad yw cynnal adolygiad fydd yn gweithredu ar sail gorchwyl a gorffen, ac rwy’n disgwyl adroddiad ac argymhelliad gan y panel cyn diwedd Ebrill 2019\.  
  
Wrth graffu ar y trefniadau presennol ar gyfer darparu tai fforddiadwy, disgwylir i’r grŵp:

* edrych ar y posibilrwydd o gynyddu nifer y ffynonellau arian cyfatebol a goblygiadau hynny ar gyfraddau ymyrraeth grant
* edrych ar sut y caiff gwaith partneriaeth ei reoli ar hyn o bryd rhwng awdurdodau lleol a chymdeithasau tai ac argymell ffyrdd o wneud y mwyaf o waith o’r fath er mwyn darparu tai yn unol â’r nod o ran cyflenwi tai
* gwerthuso effaith trosglwyddo i ddarparu cartrefi di\-garbon erbyn 2020 gan gynnwys rôl gweithgynhyrchu ar safle arall yn y broses a dulliau modern o adeiladu tai
* rhoi cyngor o ran a ddylid newid y safonau sy’n rheoli dyluniad ac ansawdd tai fforddiadwy
* cynnig argymhellion ynghylch sut y gall polisi rhenti cynaliadwy helpu i benderfynu a fydd tenantiaid yn gallu fforddio’r rhent yn yr hirdymor a pha mor ymarferol yw’r datblygiadau tai sydd ar gael ar hyn o bryd a’r datblygiadau tai newydd.
* cynghori ynghylch sut i wneud y mwyaf o’r gallu i ddatblygu mewn cymdeithasau tai ac awdurdodau lleol sy’n dal stoc dai o ran Trosglwyddo Gwirfoddol ar Raddfa Fawr yn enwedig ar ôl 2020 pan fydd yr holl stoc bresennol yn bodloni Safon Ansawdd Tai Cymru.

  
Byddaf yn rhoi gwybodaeth am aelodaeth y panel mewn datganiad pellach maes o law.