Search: Child poverty action plan welcome but more affordable homes required, says CIH Scotland

A delivery plan to tackling child poverty in Scotland is a step in the right direction but more effort is needed to ensure every child has an affordable home, according to CIH Scotland. Last week the Scottish Government published its Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan which pledged to prioritise i

The Scottish Government has heeded concerns from across the sector and increased funding to boost the supply of affordable homes as part of its latest Budget, but ministers have been warned that a long-term strategy is still required to address the shortfall in housing.

Cabinet secretary for housing Màiri McAllan has set out the Scottish Government's Housing Emergency Action Plan, which includes measures to end children living in unsuitable accommodation, support vulnerable groups, and a multi-year investment of £4.9 billion in new affordable homes. An

The Scottish Government has been urged to "back words with action" and reverse the "hammer-blow" £196 million affordable housebuilding cut after it declared that Scotland was in the midst of a housing emergency. Cabinet secretary for social justice Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP revealed yesterda

Below is a full transcript of episode 62 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast titled ‘Accessible housing (part 3) with Jacquie Pepper and Elaine Ritchie’. Listen to the episode here.

Plans to implement an effective national system of rent controls, enhance tenants’ rights and deliver 110,000 affordable homes by 2032 have been outlined as part of a working agreement between the Scottish Government and the Scottish Green Party Parliamentary Group. A shared draft policy progr

More than £4 billion of public investment will support the delivery of 36,000 additional affordable homes over the next four years, finance secretary Shona Robison confirmed as she delivered the Scottish Government’s final budget before May’s election. Unveiling the 2026/27 spendin

An alliance of more than 25 advocacy, support and housing organisations have today written to cabinet secretary for finance Kate Forbes, asking her to make social and affordable homes “the cornerstone of Scotland’s recovery” in this week’s Budget.

Plans to deliver 100,000 affordable homes over the next decade are set out today in a document that outlines Scotland’s first long-term housing strategy.

The Scottish Government is to establish a £10 million Tenant Hardship Loan Fund to help those struggling to pay rent during the coronavirus crisis.

Norman Kerr National fuel poverty charity Energy Action Scotland has urged Scottish Ministers to reset the target to eliminate fuel poverty in Scotland.

Tom Barclay, Kingdom Group chief executive, delivers a sharp, urgent call for Scotland to treat affordable housing as the essential foundation for ending child poverty, not an optional policy strand.

Plans to deliver 110,000 affordable homes by 2032 and invest an additional £50 million to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping were set out by the Scottish Government yesterday in this year’s Programme for Government (PfG). First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the PfG will see investmen

The Scottish Government has pledged to establish an expert group together with a £50 million fund with the aim of eradicating homelessness for good. Announced by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon as she delivered her Programme for Government for 2017/18 to the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday, the ‘En

Housing associations are "extremely worried" about the "alarming" prospect of being unable to maintain and upgrade their homes should the Scottish Government impose a rent freeze beyond March next year. A combined rent freeze and moratorium on evictions to help people through the cost cris