Caerau, near Maesteg, Bridgend (Image: Bridgend County Borough Council)

Repairs to damaged properties in Caerau in Bridgend are under way more than 10 years after work from an insulation scheme that wrecked homes in one of Wales’ poorest communities.

Bridgend County Borough Council says progress has been made on works to repair more than 100 properties in the village which received defective insulation under two heating projects.

Between 2012 and 2013 the homes in Caerau were part of one energy saving scheme which saw Bridgend Council awarded £300,000 to insulate 25 properties under a grant known as Arbed.

A further 79 had work carried out through a UK Government scheme known as the Community Energy Saving Programme though after faulty insulation was installed the houses were left w

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