Help to Buy scheme extended in Wales until 2025
The Help to Buy scheme for the purchase of new build houses will be extended in Wales until 2025.
The measure passed because of abstentions from Plaid Cymru as part of the Welsh government's co-operation deal with the party.Help to Buy, which has been scrapped in England, provides a shared equity loan of 20% on new build properties.The Welsh government says thatwill need to meet a minimum of the EPC B energy efficiency rating from 1 April, when the price cap will also rise to £300,000.
At the press conference Ms Evans said the Welsh government would only look to cap council tax rises "were they to be palpably excessive".She added that interfering in council tax would "be difficult because it's an important part of local democracy", and that there are lots of people who are eligible for support for council tax and are not claiming it.
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