Housing debate briefing: 1 May 2008
Despite media reports of falling house prices, house price inflation continues in Scotland. This means that acute affordability problems are as pressing as ever.
Ministers should spell out how many affordable rented homes will be built 2008-11.
Shelter welcomes reforms to the Right to Buy to bring it into the twenty-first century.
Based on an assessment of investment needs, ministers should bring forward a range of
alternative ways of raising sufficient finance, in the absence of large-scale stock transfer.