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How the latest budget fell short
We need this election to be a game-changer because housing promises are already being broken.
Too little, too late
Back in January, the Scottish budget pledged an additional £34 million for social housing. On the face of it this sounds positive, but that extra money will only deliver 36,000 affordable homes by 2030.
That's 26,000 homes short of where progress would need to be for the Scottish Government to deliver on its own promise of building 110,000 affordable homes by 2032.
Every social house built matters, so we won't accept any backtracking or forgotten ambition. There are 10,480 children homeless in Scotland tonight. Any failure to build the social homes we need means more families in poverty and higher costs for councils, health boards and taxpayers.
That's why this election is an opportunity we can't afford to miss. We need to break the cycle of failed promises. We need credible plans and long-term funding. By making as much noise as we possibly can, we will make it happen.
The new Parliament will need a new approach and new money to deliver the social homes needed to reduce homelessness. Homes that the government promised and that academics say we need but for which there is still no credible plan to deliver.
— Alison Watson, Shelter Scotland Director