Humza Yousaf should do the ‘right thing’ and reverse cuts to the housing supply budget following a ‘hammer-blow’ decision to cut it. Proposals to cut social housing budgets represent “the worst possible decision at the worst possible time” and are a “hammer-blow” to reducing poverty, a coalition of housing and anti-poverty bodies have said. It comes the day before Holyrood votes on the draft Scottish budget for the year ahead. “Low-income tenants will face increasing rents and insecurity as the supply of affordable housing stalls. We will invest £556 million in affordable housing in 2024-25, the majority of which will be for social rent.

Source: Express February 26, 2024 01:15 UTC