Source: https://www.gov.scot/publications/housing-statistics-scotland-quarterly-update-published-17-december-2019/pages/6/
Timestamp: 2020-05-31 02:18:00
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Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) statistics reflect the broader supply of affordable homes (i.e. for social rent, affordable rent and affordable home ownership) and include off the shelf purchases and rehabilitations as well as new builds. The social rent new build element of this covers largely the same houses referred to in the social sector new build section of this report. Statistics for the AHSP are available up to the end of June 2019. As a result they have been presented here for the year to end September. This differs from the figures in much of the remainder of this report which cover years to end June.
Chart 10: There have been substantial increases in annual Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) starts and approvals since 2015, and substantial increases in completions since 2017 (years to end Sept)
A total of 2,063 affordable homes were completed in the quarter between July and September 2019, a decrease of 7%, or 152 homes when compared to the equivalent quarter in the previous year. This brings the total for the year to end September 2019 to 8,976, down 1% (58 homes) on the 9,034 completions in the previous year.
Between July and September 2019 a total of 2,195 affordable homes were approved. This is 554 (34%) more than in the same quarter in the previous year. It brings the total for the year to end September 2019 to 11,398 approvals, down 2% on the previous year.
There were 2,644 affordable homes started in the quarter July and September 2019, a 22% increase, or 485 more homes than the same quarter last year. This brings the total for the year to end June 2019 to 10,855, up 1% (128 homes) on the 10,727 starts in the previous year.
Chart 11 below shows that total affordable housing supply programme completions decreased by 1% in 2019 (year to end September). In the latest year, social rent completions accounted for 74% of all completions, with affordable rent and affordable home ownership making up 9% and 17% of the total, respectively.
Chart 12 below shows that the total affordable housing supply programme approvals decreased by 2% in 2019 (year to end September). In the latest year, social rent approvals accounted for 74% of all approvals, with affordable rent and affordable home ownership making up 12% and 14% of the total, respectively.
Chart 11: In the latest year, Affordable Housing Supply Completions consisted of 74% social rent completions, 9% affordable rent and 17% affordable home ownership (year to end September)
Chart 12: In the latest year, Affordable Housing Supply Approvals consisted of 74% social rent approvals, 12% affordable rent and 14% affordable home ownership (year to end September)
Chart 13 below illustrates how the figures per 10,000 population have varied across the 2007/08 to 2017/18 period. Between 2007/08 and 2017/18, the annual average supply of affordable housing per head of population in Scotland has been 13.4 homes per 10,000 population, higher than England (9.5 homes per 10,000 population), Wales (7.6 homes per 10,000 population), and Northern Ireland (10.1 homes per 10,000 population). In 2018/19 the figures were 17.5 homes per 10,000 population in Scotland, 10.2 in England, and 8.2 in Wales.
Chart 13: Total Affordable Housing Supply Completions as a rate per 10,000 population - Scotland has had annual rates above all the other UK countries in each year since 2007/08, except during 2012/13
Work on the harmonisation and comparability of affordable housing statistics across the UK has been published as part of a programme of cross-UK Housing Statistics work3. On 6th November 2019 ONS released a comparison of affordable housing in the UK on affordable housing stock, supply, sales and characteristics compared between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The article brings together the published data from across the UK to present an overall picture of affordable housing, highlighting similarities and differences between the regions of the UK and discusses data considerations including data limitation and gaps: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/articles/comparingaffordablehousingintheuk/april2008tomarch2018