Compulsory purchases to be converted into ‘social rent’ housing
GLASGOW’S local authority is to invoke compulsory purchase powers, to acquire a group of flats and a derelict building, to be converted into flats for…
Category: Affordable housing
Buying-up-properties fund announced to add to ‘affordable’ housing stock
SOME £60m of government funding has been announced, for local authorities to spend on acquiring properties for people requiring ‘affordable housing’. Says the Scottish Government,…
Waiting list for ‘social housing’ estimated to be 10x the annual supply
THERE are almost ten times as many people estimated to be on waiting lists for ‘social rent’ – ie low cost – housing as there…
Latest ‘affordable’ and ‘social rent’ homes statistics
THERE have been 122,201 homes built in Scotland deemed to be ‘affordable’, including for ‘social rent’, since 2007-08. The figure – up to the end…
Phase one of affordable housing development completed for former hospital site
A FORMER hospital site – which has lain vacant since 2014 – has been turned into a housing development, its first phase completed, with 149…
Empty properties targeted for key worker ‘affordable’ housing scheme
‘AFFORDABLE’ homes for key workers in remote parts of Scotland is the aim of an empty-homes-restoration project launched in Argyll and Bute. The scheme –…
‘Affordable’ housing agreement struck in regeneration scheme
OVER 100 ‘social rent’ homes have been approved for a regeneration area almost immediately to the west of Edinburgh city centre. The Fountainbridge site –…
‘Social’ and ‘affordable’ housing statistics
JUST over 6,300 homes categorised as either ‘social rent’ or (the usually slightly more expensive) ‘affordable’ have been completed in Scotland between April last year…
‘Social housing’ campaign launched, aimed at First Minister
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to put housing at social rent levels at the top of the new First Minister, Humza Yousaf’s political agenda. The…
3,300 ‘affordable’ homes set for the Highlands
PLANS have been announced by Highland Council for a house-building programme to deliver 3,300 ‘affordable’ homes over the next five years. It follows a decision…