Conwy Council is set to spend £200,000 more than it budgeted for on temporary accommodation as it deals with the housing crisis.

Members of the cabinet will look to adopt a new housing strategy plan to tackle the problem, when they meet on Tuesday.

A report will be presented at the meeting setting out what steps the authority plans on taking to improve the housing situation in the county.

It said: “The overall aim of the local housing strategy is for people in Conwy to have access to affordable, appropriate and good quality accommodation that enhances their quality of life.

"We want to build more than just houses, we want to create sustainable communities where people are proud to call

home.”

The report also sets out just how bad the crisis is, with 891 households in some sort of housing need, and one in ten of these have been waiting for more than three years.

The county will need to build 372 affordable houses a year to meet demand.

The plan proposes to increase the supply and quality of affordable housing in Conwy.

To do this it wants to see more people sharing houses, bring more empty houses into use and use more private rented accommodation.

Cllr Liz Roberts, the cabinet member responsible for housing, said: “Good housing is key to a better quality of life, better health and can lift people out of poverty.

"For that reason, aspiring for everyone in the county of Conwy to have somewhere affordable and appropriate to live is the primary role of the council’s strategic housing function.

"This housing strategy and the local housing market assessment provide the foundations for our housing priorities over the next five years.”