PE1959 : Tackle Scotland's affordable housing crisis
Petition Summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to take action to improve the current housing crisis by:
- Merging housing associations and local council housing; and
- consider introducing a new right to buy scheme for council tenants.
Petitioner: Amber Roberts
Status: Closed
Date published: 11 August 2022
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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
SPICe briefing (186.5KB, pdf) (186KB, pdf) posted 29 August 2022
07 December 2022: The Committee agreed to close the petition under rule 15.7 of Standing Orders on the basis that the Scottish Government have no plans to reintroduce a Right to Buy scheme for council tenants and are committed to delivering 110,000 affordable homes by 2032, of which at least 70% will be available for social rent.
Official Report of Meeting 07 December 2022
Written Submissions
PE1959/A: Scottish Government submission of 14 September 2022 (189.4KB, pdf) (189KB, pdf) posted 23 September 2022