The election of so many Scottish National party
representatives to Westminster could be a good thing for housing. Since the
creation of the Scottish parliament, housing policy north of the border has
been a more progressive force than elsewhere in the union. Scotland invested
£675m in affordable housing in 2009-10, approving 8,663 new homes at a time
when the development rate elsewhere began to tank. A further £970m was budgeted
for development in the three year period up to March 2015. Another £463m has
been set aside for this financial year. Democratically owned and controlled
council housing remains an important focus for Scotland. Of the 4,097 social
homes built in 2013, 1,232 of those were council properties. The SNP has also
stepped up to protect Scottish social housing from being lost to private
ownership under the right-to-buy. Read more n the Guardian website.
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