MIDLOTHIAN AND EAST LOTHIAN ALLOCATED ADDITIONAL HOUSING FUNDS

SNP TAKING ACTION TO TACKLE HOUSING EMERGENCY
 
MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh Colin Beattie has welcomed the SNP Scottish Government announcement of £40 million for councils across Scotland, including Midlothian and East Lothian, to boost the supply of affordable homes. 

First Minister John Swinney outlined in the Programme for Government that £600 million would be committed to affordable housing in the current financial year and allocating this £40 million will allow for the purchase of properties in order to reduce temporary accommodation and bring vacant buildings back into use.

Across Scotland councils have been supported to purchase almost 1,500 properties in 2023-24 for use as affordable homes and the allocation of this £40 million will accelerate that work to ensure that families across Midlothian North and Musselburgh have a safe and warm place to call home. 

Commenting, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Colin Beattie, said:

"Tackling the housing emergency is one of the key issues in Midlothian North and Musselburgh and one of the keyways we can solve it is by bringing empty and vacant buildings back into use.

"This £40m fund, introduced by the SNP Government as part of the £600m affordable housing budget, will ensure that we can build on the 1,500 properties that were brought into use for affordable housing in the past year. 

"Every family in Midlothian North and Musselburgh deserves to have a safe and warm place that they can call home and with the SNP in government that is exactly what they will get."
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