Responding to the Scottish Government’s announcement of an accelerated £17 million towards affordable housing in Scotland, Graeme Brown, Director of Shelter Scotland, said:

“Investing in affordable housing right now is the solution to help house the thousands of people in Scotland without a home (1) and help keep the construction industry on its feet.

“We look forward to seeing the details of how many of these homes will be for rent (2) and urge the Scottish Government to work towards bringing the rest of the accelerated funding forward with speed. Scotland’s housing time bomb is ticking.”

(1) In 2007-08, just over 40,000 households were accepted by their local authority as homeless or potentially homeless, On 31 March 2008, there were just over 9,500 households in temporary accommodation across Scotland. Source: Scottish Government.
(2) Shelter Scotland, along with other housing associations, has long campaigned for 10,000 affordable rented homes a year for Scotland.