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Affordable Housing Need in Scotland Post-2026

By: Michael Marshall, Craig Watkins, Berna Keskin (University of Sheffield); Richard Dunning (University of Liverpool); Ed Ferrari (Sheffield Hallam University)
Published: September 2025

Affordable Housing Need in Scotland Post-2026

A research paper, commissioned by Shelter Scotland, CIH Scotland and the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations, examining the number of social and affordable homes required in the 2026-2031 Scottish Parliamentary term in order to reduce affordable housing need in Scotland.

This paper calls for a minimum of 15,693 affordable homes every year in order to reduce affordable housing need.