Plans to tackle the homelessness crisis, social housing shortage and help eliminate fuel poverty using temporary modular homes have been unveiled.

The timber paneled dwelling, showcased by Cartrefi Conwy Maes at the National Eisteddfod this week,  are built in a factory and then can be erected on site within five – eight days.

The buildings use high performance insulation, meaning the homes will require 90 per cent less heating.

Made in Anglesey under a license by Creating Enterprise, a subsidiary of Cartrefi Conwy, it is hoped the houses can be built quickly and cheaply to bring much needed social housing to North Wales.

Gwyn Jones, managing director of Cartrefi Conwy, said: “What we are doing as part of our programme is we need to develop just over 400 homes in the next four years to create more homes for people.

“We have our own company, Creating Enterprise, which has set up a factory in Holyhead to create these homes. They could eliminate fuel poverty for our tenants. But it could be designed for a one off home. It is a timber frame building but it’s highly insulated.

“With this one on the Maes we just placed it on the field on 18 screws which were put into the ground within an hour. To purchase a one person unit would be £55,000.

“The intention is we would be developing these homes. We have been commissioned to deliver four homes for Anglesey council. Cartrefi Conwy will be building eight houses in Llanrwst. And we are going in for planning for a more two or three bedroom homes in Llanrwst. We are also building another eight two bedroom units for Conwy Council in Old Colwyn.”

Bryn Jones, lead trade at the Creative Enterprise factory, from Llanrwst, said: “It’s very easy to build, we have had the project in Holyhead to build four, with four joiners for one week and two for the next we completed them.”

Llanrwst county councillor, Aaron Wynne, welcomed any moves to tackle the problem of housing in the town.

In the last financial year Conwy had the highest number of households in North Wales who were unintentionally homeless, with 114 cases on the books for 2018/19 according to StatsWales.

He said: “It’s great to see Cartrefi  Conwy being innovative and thinking of new ways of solving the current social housing crisis.

“We need a social housing revolution in Conwy and examples such as this could play a part in solving the issue.”