Chamber and committees

I refer the member to the answer to question S7W-00181 on 5 June 2026. 42 homes were delivered through the Rural and Islands Housing Fund between 1 April 2025 and 31 December 2025 in 7 local authorities. This data is based on management information and may be subject to change. Figures for 1 January 2026 to 31 March 2026 are not yet available.

The Rural and Islands Housing Fund is a demand-led scheme open to a range of organisations, including community organisations, development trusts, private landowners, private developers, and traditional housing providers.

FFIS is a competitive scheme and, as with the 2025 round, no application is guaranteed funding. Where demand exceeds the available budget, eligible applications will be prioritised in accordance with the published scoring and ranking methodology. This will ensure applicants understand in advance how funding decisions will be made.

We have been working closely with stakeholders on how we can improve FFIS, including ways to ensure more farmers and crofters are able to benefit from this support. Co-development is ongoing and we will provide further details on these improvements later this summer.

We have committed to begin consulting with partners in our first 100 days to ensure the planning system acts as an enabler to economic growth and investment. Our engagement over the coming months will help to inform our decisions on the scope of any reforms to the planning system, including the potential need for a Planning Bill.

Residential Properties

The Scottish Government does not hold information on how many properties affected by RAAC have been demolished and rebuilt in each year since 2023-24.

Public Buildings

The Scottish Government does not hold information on how many public buildings affected by RAAC have been demolished and rebuilt in each year since 2023-24.

Some information will be accessible via the report available here: Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) across the public sector in Scotland - gov.scot. Current information may be obtained from individual public authorities who retain responsibility for matters of building maintenance as building owners.

Figures on the number of affordable homes delivered each year since 2021-22 are available through Official Statistics using the Affordable Housing Supply Programme summary tables. Figures are publishes by quarter and financial year as well as a separate table showing progress towards the 110,000 affordable homes target .Figures on the number of homes delivered in rural areas towards the 110,000 affordable homes target are as follows:

The Scottish Government collects and publishes information on the total number of households and children in temporary accommodation. This information, broken down by local authority, can be found in:

• Table 27 and Table 29, respectively, of the Main Annual tables Supporting documents - Homelessness in Scotland: 2024-25 - gov.scot. This provides snapshot data as at 31 March from 2021 to 2025.
• Table 17 and Table 19, respectively, of the Biannual tables Supporting documents - Homelessness in Scotland: update to 30 September 2025 - gov.scot. This provides the most recent snapshot data available (up to 30 September 2025).

As set out in the Manifesto, in this parliament we will introduce measures to remove financial barriers, such as land transfer fees for people under the age of 30 for the purpose of building a single domestic housing unit, and targeted support of £10,000 for households to construct a single unit, specifically for a primary resident, not for rental.

This will initially be concentrated on our highland and island communities but will remain open to other areas.

I refer the member to the answer to question S7W-00581 on 8 June 2026. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.

I refer the member to the answer to question S7W-00581 on 8 June 2026. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.