Members of Aberdeen City Council’s Communities, Housing and Public Protection Committee last week noted progress made on the delivery of Aberdeen City’s Affordable Housing Delivery Programme.

Communities, Housing and Public Protection convener Councillor Miranda Radley said: “We are committed to ensuring that our housing supply continues to meet the needs of our residents and communities.

“The update on the addition of more affordable housing to our existing housing supply is great to hear and we look forward to adding to this in the future.”

Vice-convener Councillor Dell Henrickson said: “The affordable housing programme has been a great addition to what Aberdeen has to offer to individuals, families and communities and I look forward to seeing more of these new homes being completed over the next year.”

Councillors heard that over the past year, there were 806 affordable houses made ready to move into, the highest amount of homes completed through the affordable housing supply programme in Aberdeen.

Out of these, eight of the homes were made fully wheelchair accessible.

It was further noted that as of August 2024, 162 affordable homes have been completed, with a further 371 homes expected to become available in 2024/25.

Aberdeen City Council was allocated £16.041m through the Scottish Government’s affordable housing supply programme in order to make these homes available to move into.

Last week, the local authority declared a housing emergency in the region and agreed a cross-party emergency motion to tackle the situation.

The decision came after the council agreed that an estimated 366 council and 138 private addresses affected by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in the city need to be demolished on safety grounds, followed by a rebuilding programme.