International Definitions and Measures of ‘Affordable Housing’ and Current Local Practices in Scotland

Primary Author or Creator:
Maya Ljubojevic
Additional Author(s) / Creators
Katherine Smith
Publisher:
Fraser of Allander Institute
Alternative Published Date
2025
Category:
Type of Resource:
Report
Length (Pages, words, minutes etc...)
30pp
Fast Facts

Scotland is currently experiencing a housing emergency and it is a major concern when it comes to population health and health inequalities.

More details

If the ambitions of Housing to 2040 are to be realised, there needs to an agreed way of measuring affordable housing in Scotland to enable ongoing monitoring and evaluation. If affordable housing is, as the strategy suggests, designed to help reduce inequalities in Scotland, then this measure needs to work across tenure types (homeowners, people in social housing and private sector renters) and reflect the situation of the communities most in need (e.g. by incorporating a residual income element).

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