{"id":171678,"date":"2025-06-10T01:11:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T01:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/171678\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T01:11:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T01:11:15","slug":"demands-for-uk-government-to-do-more-for-housing-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/171678\/","title":{"rendered":"Demands for UK Government to do more for housing in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        First Minister John Swinney has urged the UK Government to do more to support Scotland\u2019s housing sector in the upcoming Spending Review.<\/p>\n<p>The First Minister will set out his vision for the future of Scotland\u2019s housing sector in a speech at the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations in Glasgow later.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of his speech the First Minister said: \u201cScotland faces a housing crisis which is why we are investing \u00a3768 million in affordable housing in 2025-26, the majority of which will be for social rent. This includes up to \u00a340 million for acquisitions, to help reduce the number of homeless households, especially with children, in temporary accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are keenly aware of the benefits of providing multi-year spending plans to our partners and want to prove this stability across the public sector. We continue to call on the UK Government to provide multi-year funding for housing to give developers and third sector organisations long-term certainty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UK Government must also commit to unfreezing Local Housing Allowance rates. These rates set the amount that private renters receive to help with rent. Increasing these rates can be a key lever that can help protect tenants. Repegging these rates to the 30th percentile of local rents would mean greater security for many households across Scotland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1068\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/53840421407_a243c488b6_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-555533\"  \/>Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer met with First Minister of Scotland, John Swinney in July 2024 at Bute House. 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