Building Good Quality Housing Stock Across Scotland

by Floyd March

Scotland have recently launched their Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) in September 2022.

This programme comprises a range of funding mechanisms for housing providers to deliver homes for social rent, mid-market rent and low-cost home ownership.

With a commitment to delivering 110,000 affordable homes by 2032, the Scottish Government has allocated £752m for 2023-2024 to help support their plans. This comprises of a total capital grant of £581m and financial transactions up totalling £171m.

Scottish Government have also allocated £3.2bn to the country’s local authorities, through Resource Planning Assumptions (RPA) for five years (up to 2026), which assists each council to plan their housing supply.

This includes:

• Glasgow £537m

• Highland £240m

• Edinburgh £233m

• Dumfries & Galloway £106m

• Dundee £89m

• Perth & Kinross £86m

Retrofitting for Net Zero

Scotland is now mandated to produce energy efficiency and heat decarbonisation through the Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies (LHEES).

Accompanying the Strategies will be LHEES Delivery Plans, which will be developed in partnership with key stakeholders, and provide a strong basis for action for local communities, government, investors, developers and wider stakeholders, pinpointing areas for targeted intervention and early, low-regret measures.

This has led Scotland’s leading authorities to launch their Housing Strategies.

Glasgow Council have launched their draft Housing Strategy 2023 – 2028 focusing on reducing carbon emissions and increasing the carbon efficiency of existing homes, reducing fuel poverty and exploring the potential for heat networks.

Edinburgh Council have launched ‘City Plan 2030’

To tackle the rising population in the city, and with evidence of people’s changing habits due to climate change, their proposed plans include maximising the use of brownfield sites. Their plan includes building 37,000 new homes up to 2032.

Fife Council have confirmed plans to build 1250 homes over the next five years. The programme moves into its fourth phase with £151m to be invested to support the programme and provide new homes.

All this and more will be discussed at our Housing Industry Leaders Scotland conference. For more information as to how you can get involved email enquiry@peloton-events.co.uk, or phone 0161 519 8950

Scotland

Radisson Blu, Glasgow

29 November 2023

Building on the initial phases of the Affordable Housing Supply Programme, this one-day conference will explore how funding mechanisms for housing providers help to deliver homes across Scotland.

With a commitment to delivering 110,000 affordable homes by 2032, the Scottish Government has allocated £752m for 2023-2024 to help support their plans.

The event will highlight how Scotland will Deliver Affordable Housing, why Retrofit is essential for decarbonising existing housing stock and how low-carbon technologies will support this. This will be done through keynote speeches, panel discussions and technical seminars.

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