Commenting on the council housing issue in Wrexham, Sarah Atherton MP said:
'Shocking statistics from this recent Wrexham.comĀ article. Having recently submitted a freedom of information request regarding council housing waiting times in Wrexham, it revealed the average wait time is 2 years.
I have now gone back to Wrexham Council asking for the waiting times in the specific bands as it is immensely worrying that the waiting list seems to be getting bigger and bigger. Whilst the Welsh Labour Government's nonsensical phosphates policy remains, those on the council house waiting list in Wrexham will continue to be let down by this policy that blocks new houses from being built.
The Welsh Government must address the root of the housing crisis in Wales and not look to paper over the cracks that they themselves have caused.'