House building
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Rent needs to be indexed to affordability. Homelessness needs to be tackled. Rented housing both private and public should be energy efficient and at affordable levels. Legislation is being implemented to secure quality housing for new and existing buildings by 2040.
Full answer here: Private and rented housing plans for Scotland
Answer:
Current Scottish government policy is to build 10,000 affordable homes over 10 years. This is below demand, so indicates there will be continuing price increases.
Full answer here: House building policy of Scottish Government
Freedom is an Attitude: Land, Craft, and Rebellion in The Highlands
Author / Creator: Craig Brice
Media type: Discussion
Date published:
Description of one family's self-build journey in the Highlands, and how it relates to wider society.
Housing 2040 Consultation Response
Author / Creator: Malcolm Fraser
Media type: consultation response
Date published:
A good home and community as a human right, is a font of wellbeing. It is not simply an outcome of wealth-creation. To deliver this covers a wide range of policy areas including:
- Existing buildings,
- land and planning,
- regeneration,
- finance,
- leadership,
- diversification,
- technology and materials, and
- tax and wealth.
Renew: Six policies that can refresh the Scottish Government’s domestic agenda
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
Policies to renew the Scottish Government’s domestic agenda:
- Create a Scottish National Investment Bank
- Build the homes and infrastructure that people need
- Create a world-class childcare system.
- Give more power to citizens.
Public Land Value Capture: A new model for housing development in Scotland
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: Feburary 2018
This report outlines the case for public land value capture. A process by which councils, not those selling land, can benefit from the increase in land value due to changing use. It can reduce house prices by not passing that uplifted cost on to renters and buyers of the houses built on such land.