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Social and Affordable Housing Supply Boost

LucieBy Lucie19th July 202337 Views4 Mins Read Holyrood
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Response to recommendations to reduce temporary accommodation use.

Efforts to reduce the number of households living in temporary accommodation will be backed by at least £60 million to support a national acquisition plan to increase the supply of social and affordable housing.

The funding will support councils and registered social landlords to purchase properties including empty homes and private sector homes.

Other measures to reduce temporary accommodation will include working with social landlords to increase allocations to homeless households and providing national guidance for local authorities to support good practice around changing temporary accommodation into permanent affordable homes.

Bespoke plans to address specific issues will also be developed with the local authorities with the greatest temporary accommodation pressures.

Housing is crucial to achieving our aspirations of a fairer country.

We recognise the varying challenges that exist across Scotland and that these cannot be addressed by a single solution.

That is why the range of actions we will be taking, including our £60 million plan, will help us effect real change.

A great deal of consideration has been given to the best way to reduce the number of households in temporary accommodation. I am thankful to members of the Temporary Accommodation Task and Finish Group and all its contributors for the role they played in shaping the final recommendations.

FIRST MINISTER HUMZA YOUSAF

First Minister @HumzaYousaf and Housing Minister @PaulMcLennan7 have launched @scotgov’s plan to reduce the number of households in temporary accommodation.

Read how we'll work with councils and other partners to support more people into a settled home:https://t.co/lOmAJDEWEc pic.twitter.com/5JryJ4Xrg9

— Scot Gov Fairer (@ScotGovFairer) July 19, 2023

We’re heartened by the Scottish Government’s recognition of the seriousness of the current situation, the damage that is being done to many families living in temporary accommodation for long periods and the increasing challenges councils are facing in meeting their needs.

We’re particularly pleased by the commitment to a national acquisitions programme to bring more homes into social renting quickly and we look forward to working with the Scottish Government, COSLA and Shelter Scotland to recapture the momentum towards ending homeless that we had pre-pandemic.

JOHN MILLS, CO-CHAIR OF ALACHO AND JOINT CHAIR OF THE TASK AND FINISH GROUP
https://twitter.com/shelterscotland/status/1681643728899907584

Scotland is experiencing a housing emergency that is ruining lives. By being here today, the First Minister is showing that he is serious about this emergency.

At Shelter Scotland, we see the impact of our broken and biased housing system in the work we do with families and individuals trapped in temporary accommodation. When a system isn’t working it is those groups most marginalised – children, disabled people and minoritised ethnic groups – that feel the impact the most.

That is why I was so honoured to co-chair this expert group which engaged directly with people experiencing homelessness. They identified three key priorities for the Scottish Government. Firstly, buy and build more homes to deal with the current emergency; secondly, prioritise the homes we have for people experiencing homelessness; and finally, fully-fund high-quality services that always treat people with dignity.

Today’s announcement is the first step in the right direction to bring down the number of households in temporary accommodation from its current record high. It must not be the last.

ALISON WATSON, DIRECTOR OF SHELTER SCOTLAND AND CO-CHAIR OF THE TEMPORARY ACCOMODATION TASK AND FINISH GROUP

Background

Scottish Government response to recommendations to reduce the use of temporary accommodation

Funding for the National Acquisition Plan of at least £60 million comes from the 2023-24 Affordable Housing Supply Programme, allowing local authorities to use their existing resource planning assumptions to rapidly acquire properties for use as high quality, affordable, permanent homes.

The Scottish Government has committed to delivering 110,000 affordable homes across Scotland by 2032, at least 70% of which will be for social rent and 10% in remote, rural and island communities.

On 30 March 2023, the Temporary Accommodation Task and Finish Group provided Scottish Ministers with recommendations on reducing the number of households in temporary accommodation.

Co-Chairs of the Temporary Accommodation Task and Finish Group: Alison Watson, Director, Shelter Scotland; and John Mills, Co-Chair of ALACHO (Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers) and Head of Housing, Fife Council.

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