Question reference: S5O-00810
- Asked by: Graeme Dey, MSP for Angus South, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 15 March 2017
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Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 22 March 2017
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been made available to Angus Council to ensure that affordable housing for social rent can be built over the next five years.
Answer
Over this year and next, over £11 million has been made available to Angus Council to deliver more affordable homes that meet local needs. This is as a result of the recently announced overall package of £422 million for Scotland’s councils - an increase of £16 million on the year before.
We have also committed to a new offer of resource planning assumptions for councils across Scotland for the three years to March 2021 providing councils with the certainty they need to allow them to put future plans in place to meet the affordable housing priorities in their areas.