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There are growing signs of affordable housing shortages in the Stirling area.

• In Stirling there were 8,020 social rented sector homes in 2011-2012.
• Right to Buy resulted in the loss of 1,683 affordable homes between 2001-2002 and 2011-2012.
• In the last year 50 social sector properties were lost due to sale or demolition.
• There were 208 households living in temporary accommodation in December 2012, including 30 children.
• There were 392 households assessed as homeless in 2011-2012.
• The number of households on the council waiting list was 2,324 in March 2012, but only 277 new lets were available in 2011-2012. This means that it would take over 8 years to clear the current waiting list.
  
• The total number of households on the main council housing list, which includes the transfer list, was 2,809 in March 2012.
  
• 20, 000 properties in Stirling currently fail the Scottish Housing Quality Standard.

Stirling needs more affordable homes.