The situation is ‘desperate’. That’s the assessment from Housing Associations who are warning the lack of new homes being built is deepening the country’s housing emergency.
The latest Scottish Government figures show the number of social homes constructed this year was just over 5,000.
That’s down by almost a third compared to last year but the number of housing association homes started are at their lowest level in over a decade.
Industry experts say the Scottish Government target has been ‘abandoned’. So far, just over 21,000 have been completed.
It comes as six councils areas haven’t completed any new homes in the last year – Angus, Clackmannanshire, East Dunbartonshire, Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands and West Dunbartonshire.
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