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Glasgow councillors urge Scottish Government to reverse cut to housing budget to help homeless

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The Scottish Government declared a housing emergency last week, following on from Glasgow's declaration in November. Councillors say funding is needed to provide more homes.

Glasgow councillors are urging the Scottish Government to reverse a cut to the affordable housing budget to help families who are homeless or in temporary accommodation.

And Cllr Thomas Kerr, Glasgow Conservatives leader, has urged the city’s housing convener Cllr Kenny McLean, SNP, to push the government into a u-turn. Cllr Siddique added social housing is “key to reducing homelessness” in Scotland, and reduced spending would mean the Scottish Government could not meet its affordable house building objectives.

She added the “argument that the blame for this cut is entirely due to Westminster reducing the capital budget” cannot be accepted. “We remain focused on delivering 110,000 affordable homes by 2032 and to support that we will bring forward the review scheduled for 2026/26 to 2024, which will concentrate on deliverability.

Source: Real Estate Daily Report (realestatedailyreport.net)

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