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affordable housing
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Claim SNP delivered over 105,000 affordable homes is True
Ferret Fact Service looks into an SNP claim about affordable housing.
Councils offering “lucrative loopholes’ to developers, says housing charity
A major developer which bought land from a golf club will not have to build affordable housing due to a "loophole".
‘Green’ housing project row over destruction of woodland
An exclusive private housing development backed financially by a Scottish government “green” fund has been criticised for destroying “cherished woodland” and not providing affordable homes.
Fewer than half of Scottish Government’s pledged rural homes built
The Scottish Government has built fewer than half of the houses promised in rural areas and islands more than four years after funding of £30m was announced.
Private developers get £100m from housing fund but build just 700 affordable homes
A housing fund which is a precursor to the Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) has awarded more than £100m to private developers who have built just 700 affordable houses.
‘Tired of just surviving’: how care leavers are fighting back against austerity
The Ferret and HuffPost UK look at how care leavers in Scotland are fighting back against the impact of government austerity policy.
Scottish families priced out of rental homes by UK austerity policies
Families on housing benefit are being priced out of homes across Scotland, according to new data from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
Scottish Government failing to meet rural housing targets
The Scottish Government is failing to meet targets to boost the number of affordable homes for rural and island communities, according to documents obtained by The Ferret.
Claim Scotland spends 10 times more per person on social housing than England is Half True
Ferret Fact Service looks at the the differing levels of spending on social housing between Scotland and England.
