£40m allocated to help councils ease temporary accommodation pressures
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Funding to help councils increase the supply of social and affordable homes has been largely allocated to five authorities with sustained temporary accommodation pressures, the Scottish Government has revealed.
Most of the £40 million of funding, which was confirmed in April, will be distributed this year to councils in Edinburgh, Fife, Glasgow, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian.
The money, which the government said has boosted the affordable housing supply programme budget to nearly £600m this year, will be used to purchase properties to help reduce the number of families in temporary accommodation or, where appropriate, to bring long term voids back into use.
The remaining 27 local authorities will receive a share of the remaining funding. A further £40m will be allocated to councils next year.
Housing minister Paul McLennan said: “The delivery of affordable homes is the foundation of family life and is fundamental to how we achieve our priorities of eradicating child poverty and growing the economy.
“The key to tackling homelessness and reducing the time spent by families in temporary accommodation is to deliver more affordable homes.
“We have already supported councils to purchase almost 1,500 properties in 2023-24 for use as affordable homes. However, we must do more and, by committing £40m this year, we are accelerating that work.
“This money will help councils provide a warm, safe place that families can call home again.”
Local authorities will receive the following share of funding:
- Aberdeen City - £0.375m
- Aberdeenshire - £0.173m
- Angus - £0.066m
- Argyll and Bute - £0.135m
- City of Edinburgh - £14.882m
- Clackmannanshire - £0.173m
- Dumfries and Galloway - £0.222m
- Dundee City - £0.637m
- East Ayrshire - £0.122m
- East Dunbartonshire - £0.224m
- East Lothian - £0.440m
- East Renfrewshire - £0.196m
- Eilean Siar - £0.082m
- Falkirk - £0.751m
- Fife - £1.848m
- The Highland Council - £0.653m
- Glasgow City - £11.544m
- Inverclyde - £0.040m
- Midlothian - £0.471m
- Moray - £0.369m
- North Ayrshire - £0.293m
- North Lanarkshire - £0.673m
- Orkney Islands - £0.085m
- Perth and Kinross - £0.066m
- Renfrewshire - £0.168m
- Scottish Borders - £0.146m
- Shetland Islands - £0.082m
- South Ayrshire - £0.301m
- South Lanarkshire - £1.724m
- Stirling - £0.750m
- West Dunbartonshire - £0.309m
- West Lothian - £2.001m
Total: £40.000m
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