- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 26 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each unit built in the new urban village in the Tillydrone area of Aberdeen will cost.
Answer
The 209 affordable homes in the Donside urban village will cost a total of £32 million. The average build cost is £0.153 million per home. Actual costs will vary according to the size and type of property being constructed.
Sixty-five of the affordable homes will be offered for sale on a shared equity basis under the low cost initiative for first time buyers. The sales price for these homes will be determined by a professional valuation surveyor approximately three months before being offered for sale.
The remaining 77 homes will be built by CHAP Construction and offered for sale on the open market.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 26 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many houses will be built in the new urban village in the Tillydrone area of Aberdeen.
Answer
Two hundred and eighty-six homes will be built in the Donside urban village in Aberdeen. The village will include 144 affordable homes for rent and 65 homes for shared equity, provided by Tenants First Housing Cooperative and Langstane Housing Association. Another 77 houses will be sold on the open market by CHAP Construction. The development incorporates a range of houses and flats.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 26 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was paid for the land where the new urban village in the Tillydrone area of Aberdeen will be built.
Answer
The site was bought in February 2006 for £10.75 million.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 23 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to the second supplementary to question S3O-11060 by Alex Neil on 24 June 2010 (Official Report c. 27736), whether it will detail the allocations of the Low-cost Initiative for First-Time Buyers scheme funding to support 1,000 families in 2010
Answer
The Scottish Government plans to spend a total of £48.816 million through its Low-cost Initiative for First Time Buyers schemes in 2010-11, broken down as follows:
| New Supply Shared Equity/Shared Ownership | £21.902 million |
| GRO Grant for Owner Occupation | £3.672 million |
| Rural Home Ownership Grants | £0.742 million |
| Open Market Shared Equity Pilot | £20 million |
| New Supply Shared Equity Trial with Developers | £2.5 million |
| Total | £48.816 million |
Details of planned and announced units and expenditure for the Low-cost Initiative for First Time Buyers schemes in 2010-11 provided through the Affordable Housing Investment Programme can be found at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/Housing/investment/ahip/ahip2010-2011.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 23 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people applied for the Open Market Shared Equity pilot in 2009-10.
Answer
Three thousand, four hundred and thirty households submitted application forms for the Open Market Shared Equity Pilot in 2009-10. Of these applicants, 2,164 were eligible for support through the scheme.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 23 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to the second supplementary to question S3O-11060 by Alex Neil on 24 June 2010 (Official Report c. 27736), whether it will detail the allocations of the Low-cost Initiative for First-Time Buyers scheme funding to support 1,500 families in 2009
Answer
Details of planned and announced units and expenditure for the Low-cost Initiative for First Time Buyers Schemes in 2009-10 that were provided through the Affordable Housing Investment Programme can be found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/Housing/investment/ahip/ahip200910plannedapproval.
The Affordable Housing Investment Programme Out-turn Report for 2009-10 providing out-turn management information for financial year 2009-10 will be published shortly on the web page provided above.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 23 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people it estimates will be supported under its Low-cost Initiative for First-Time Buyers programme in 2010-11.
Answer
The Scottish Government plans to help over 1,000 people access home ownership in 2010-11 through its Low Cost Initiative for First Time Buyers schemes in 2010-11.
Details of planned and announced units and expenditure provided through the Affordable Housing Investment Programme can be found at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/Housing/investment/ahip/ahip2010-2011.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 23 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-30392 by Alex Neil on 13 January 2010, what the response has been to the consultation on the guide to social housing allocations.
Answer
We are currently finalising the new practical guide on social housing allocations for social landlords. We now intend to issue this guide for consultation in August and conclude the consultation in October.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 28 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 23 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding is available for Low-cost Initiative for First-Time Buyers scheme in 2010-11.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-34933 on 23 July 2010 which details the allocation of funding for the Low-cost Initiative for First Time Buyers schemes in 2010-11. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Alex Neil on 23 July 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, following the announcement in a news release of 15 June 2010 of the Scottish Housing Options Approach funding programme being backed by approximately £500,000 that is earmarked for staff training and service development, whether the amount has been ring-fenced for this purpose.
Answer
The Housing Options Approach Funding Programme consists of around £500,000 of enabling funding which is available for local authorities to move towards a Housing Options approach to homelessness prevention work. The funding is only available for housing options related work which will assist local authorities in meeting the 2012 Homelessness target.
