Current status: Answered by Keith Brown on 19 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether funding will be available in future to build homes similar to those on the Dormont estate near Lockerbie at affordable rent for people in rural areas.
Each of Scotland’s 32 local authorities has now received a share of almost £582 million in subsidy over the next three-years to deliver affordable homes in their area. The funding will be used to encourage councils and housing associations to build greener homes by providing a larger government subsidy for houses built to meet higher standards of energy efficiency. And rural areas, which may experience higher developments costs, will also be helped with higher government contributions to ensure that housing developments can be successfully delivered in remote parts of the country. We also plan to launch a £10 million Greener Homes Innovation Scheme aimed at encouraging the provision of sustainable, greener homes.