Our vision for housing in Scotland is that we should seek to achieve economically and socially mixed communities in which there is a variety of housing types and tenures.
Housing needs to be more locally controlled, better managed, and more effectively provided.
Achieving this vision will require both community and individual ownership initiatives. Our broader vision is that better housing will sustain stronger communities. Over the last 20 years, the public and social housing sectors have become increasingly fragmented with different pricing, investment and tenancy rules. Achieving our vision affords the opportunity of a more strategic approach. In making this change, the distinctively Scottish community based housing associations and tenant management co-operatives provide a model of community ownership and management which we seek to extend across the socially rented sector.