Affordable Housing Supply Programme

The Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) comprises a range of funding mechanisms to enable affordable housing providers to deliver homes for social rent, mid-market rent, and low cost home ownership in communities across Scotland to support local authorities’ Local Housing Strategies.

We are committed to delivering 110,000 affordable homes by 2032, of which at least 70% will be available for social rent and 10% will be in our rural and island communities.

Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) budget

A total of £595.862 million is available in 2024 to 2025 as follows:

AHSP Budget 2024-2025	£ million
More Homes Grant	454.417
TMDF Grant*	92.245
Total Capital Grant	546.662
Financial Transactions	49.200
Total	595.862

*Transfer of Management of Development Funding, applicable to the City of Edinburgh and Glasgow City Councils.

Resource Planning Assumptions (RPAs) for 2021-2022 to 2024-2025

Resource Planning Assumptions covering 2021-2022 to 2024-2025 have been agreed.

Council areas across Scotland are to share £510.782 million in grant funding in 2024 to 2025 to deliver more affordable homes. This sum includes an additional £40 million of funding which was announced in April 2024 to support local authorities to bring existing homes into affordable use through

Acquisition Programme

Information on the acquisition of homes through the AHSP is available which (a) clarifies the process for identifying and taking forward acquisitions of homes and (b) sets out how programme and wider reporting arrangements will operate.

Guidance for councils and registered social landlords

Our current and archived guidance gathers publications by calendar year.

Affordable Housing benchmarks

When applying for grant assistance at tender stage to deliver homes for social rent and mid-market rent, local authorities and registered social landlords are required to self-certify that the amount of funding that they are requesting is the minimum required for a project to be financially viable for their organisation whilst ensuring rent affordability.

For new build, refurbishment and conversion projects, the amount of grant requested is then compared with the applicable affordable housing investment benchmark to determine how the funding application will be assessed.

Affordable Housing Supply Programme annual out-turn reports

Other Affordable Housing Supply Programme data

Housing statistics

Official figures on the AHSP and other housing statistics and quarterly update summary tables from Housing Statistics for Scotland.

Housing Tender Return (HTR) and Scottish Social Housing Tender Price Index (SSHTPI)

The Scottish Social Housing Tender Price Index measures the movement in construction costs of social housing in Scotland. The index is based on analysing the construction costs in accepted tenders for affordable housing. Grant applicants provide tender information through the Housing Tender Return.

The Scottish Social Housing Tender Price Index Quarterly Briefing and Housing Tender Return are updated quarterly.

Offsite construction and the Affordable Housing Supply Programme

This offsite construction advice note, which will be of interest to councils, registered social landlords, designers, housebuilders and others involved in the delivery of new affordable homes in Scotland, sets out current thinking about the use of offsite construction for the delivery of new homes through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme. This includes developing a business case for greater use of offsite construction; the outcome of which will inform a broader, net-zero new homes strategy for the affordable housing sector.

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