Scotland is suffering a housing crisis

Scotland is suffering a housing crisis

A blueprint published by ministers has admitted that Scotland is suffering a housing crisis. Thanks to the quickly expanding population of the country and the collapse of construction industry collapse during the credit crunch

The analysis proposed a net augment of 200,000 households across the country by year 2020 and guesstimated an extra 20,000 homes every year required to be constructed to meet this demand.

This does not include the impact of Scots moving to different another, bulldozing prevalent properties or a surfeit of people already on housing waiting lists. But the report tells the incapability of first-time home buyers to get a mortgage following the downturn has had a grave knock-on effect, with extensive job losses in the construction industry and private sector house building “at very low levels”.

It listed a series of “innovative” and “radical” measures that will be necessary to make sure that needs of the Scotland’s housing are met, such as house builders letting people to rent while saving for a collect to purchase.

Local authorities can be given the authority to augment council tax on the country’s 25,000 long-term empty homes, raising up to £130 million to construct low-cost houses.

 

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