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Scottish councils on track to double new house building
Scotland’s councils are ready to respond to the Scottish Government’s call to deliver 35,000 new social rented homes during this parliament with plans in place to double the number of new homes they provide each year.New figures presented to government officials by of the Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers (ALACHO) have shown that the 26 council landlords have plans in place to for over 14,000 homes by 2021 including the 1,085 homes added in 2016/17.Local authorities delivered 5,512 homes between 2011-2016 and are set to invest over £1.3 billion, around 60% of which will be paid for by tenants through their rents, with most of the remainder will be provided as grant from the Scottish Government.
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