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BBC News
5 days ago
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- BBC News
Less than 5% of Alderney housing classed as 'affordable'
Alderney has 68 affordable homes according to new figures published by the island's government - less than 5% of the island's domestic States of Alderney published its 2025 Residential Property Stock and Prices Bulletin this week, in partnership with Guernsey's Data and Analysis were 1,510 "domestic property units" on the island at the end of March, with 47% owner-occupied and 45% privately MacFarlane, chairman of Alderney's Housing Group, said housing was "high" on the States' agenda and the new data would help it understand the island's housing needs. The States of Alderney said more than a third of privately-rented properties were owned by people whose main address was not in than 20% of people in Alderney live in apartments, with nearly 80% living in either houses or report said there were 52 property sales in 2024, up from 43 the year before.
Yahoo
06-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Inquiry to look into care home overspend
An independent inquiry will look at a £1.3m overspend and delays in building an extension to an Alderney care home, the States of Alderney has said. The inquiry into the soaring costs of the 13-room extension to the States-owned Connaught Care Home will be led by Martin Thornton, a judge from Guernsey Magistrates Court, said the States. Last December the States of Alderney approved an extra £340,000 for the extension costs. In 2021 an extra £737,000 was requested for the project, following on from £280,000 granted the previous year. Planning permission was granted for the extension in St Anne in 2019 and £1.29m was approved for the project in March 2020. Iain MacFarlane, chairman of the general services committee, said: "This will not be a just a tick-box exercise. "The inquiry will thoroughly examine key processes and procedures relating to the project, ensuring that the overall accountability for the perceived failings is identified." He said the findings would be made public and the committee asked for recommendations to prevent "similar issues from occurring". The committee recognises "the community's frustrations over the delivery of this project and its perceived shortcomings and remains committed to transparency and responsible management of public funds", he added. Deputy Kevin Gentle told a States meeting in December the work was finished and checks were under way for the extension to open in the "early summer". Deputy Lin Maurice told the meeting: "Connaught Care has been the worst headache that we have ever had to put up with." Members called for the inquiry to be held in public. Follow BBC Guernsey on X and Facebook. Send your story ideas to 'Emergency budget' to be debated in February Survey aims to identify retirement needs States of Alderney
