I have spoken with the appropriate Council officers and can advise as follows: The Council’s open market purchase scheme continues to play an important role in increasing affordable housing supply since its implementation. Buying on the open market in East Dunbartonshire allows the Council to target high demand property types that are difficult to address through new development such as family homes in Lenzie, Bishopbriggs, Bearsden and Milngavie, where land values and a limited supply mitigate against building larger affordable homes.