Current status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 11 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what the projected annual budget for the new housing agency, More Homes Scotland will be for each of the next five financial years; what proportion of this represents new funding as opposed to reallocated funding; what estimate it has made of the (a) administrative and (b) set-up costs; whether a business case or cost–benefit analysis has been completed and, if so, whether this will be published.
We expect set-up costs to be incurred over the period 2026-27 to 2028-29, when the agency is expected to be operational, and estimate these costs to be around £2 million, although this will depend on the scope of its design and operating model.
The projected annual budget, the proportion representing new rather than reallocated funding, and the agency’s ongoing administrative costs are still to be determined as part of this ongoing design process.