Councils will receive a share of an additional £40m this year to
increase the supply of social and affordable homes.
The funding, which was confirmed in April and has boosted the
affordable housing supply programme budget to nearly £600m this
year, will mostly be distributed to the five council areas with
sustained temporary accommodation pressures: Edinburgh, Fife,
Glasgow, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian.
The money will be used to purchase properties to help reduce the
number of families in temporary accommodation or, where
appropriate, to bring long term voids back into use.
The remaining 27 local authorities will receive a share of the
remaining funding. A further £40m will be allocated to councils
next year.
Housing Minister said:
“The delivery of affordable homes is the foundation of family
life and is fundamental to how we achieve our priorities of
eradicating child poverty and growing the economy.
“The key to tackling homelessness and reducing the time spent by
families in temporary accommodation is to deliver more affordable
homes.
“We have already supported councils to purchase almost 1,500
properties in 2023-24 for use as affordable homes. However, we
must do more and, by committing £40m this year, we are
accelerating that work.
“This money will help councils provide a warm, safe place that
families can call home again.”
Background
Local authorities will receive the following share of funding:
|
Local authority
|
£m
|
|
Aberdeen City
|
0.375
|
|
Aberdeenshire
|
0.173
|
|
Angus
|
0.066
|
|
Argyll and Bute
|
0.135
|
|
City of Edinburgh
|
14.882
|
|
Clackmannanshire
|
0.173
|
|
Dumfries and Galloway
|
0.222
|
|
Dundee City
|
0.637
|
|
East Ayrshire
|
0.122
|
|
East Dunbartonshire
|
0.224
|
|
East Lothian
|
0.440
|
|
East Renfrewshire
|
0.196
|
|
Eilean Siar
|
0.082
|
|
Falkirk
|
0.751
|
|
Fife
|
1.848
|
|
The Highland Council
|
0.653
|
|
Glasgow City
|
11.544
|
|
Inverclyde
|
0.040
|
|
Midlothian
|
0.471
|
|
Moray
|
0.369
|
|
North Ayrshire
|
0.293
|
|
North Lanarkshire
|
0.673
|
|
Orkney Islands
|
0.085
|
|
Perth and Kinross
|
0.066
|
|
Renfrewshire
|
0.168
|
|
Scottish Borders
|
0.146
|
|
Shetland Islands
|
0.082
|
|
South Ayrshire
|
0.301
|
|
South Lanarkshire
|
1.724
|
|
Stirling
|
0.750
|
|
West Dunbartonshire
|
0.309
|
|
West Lothian
|
2.001
|
|
Total
|
40.000
|
