Affordable Housing Supply Programme: out-turn report - 2022 to 2023

Tenure, forms, locations, and types of housing 

All of the tables can be accessed via the supporting accessible Excel document Annex.

Definitions are within the glossary for new build, off the shelf, local programmes and central programmes.

Tenure, forms and location of housing

Tables 13 (a), (b) and (c) outline the tenure, form and location of homes funded by the AHSP in 2022 to 2023 for approvals, site starts and completions by Local Authority Area.

For consistency, the Scottish Government use the 6-Fold urban rural classification when categorising homes delivered through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP), based on information provided by AHSP grant applicants. The postcode information is checked using the National Registers of Scotland Scottish postcode directory.  

Tables 14 (a) and (b) show AHSP completions and AHSP Expenditure by Urban Rural Classification

Table 15 (a) shows AHSP approvals, site starts, completions and expenditure on islands between 2016 to 2017 and 2022 to 2023. Table 15 (b) includes all homes and expenditure in na Eilean Siar (Western Isles), Orkney and Shetland and homes and expenditure on islands within the Argyll and Bute, Highlands, and North Ayrshire Local Authority areas for 2022 to 2023. 

It should be noted that due to the nature of grant funding provided through the AHSP there is no direct correlation between homes delivered and spend in each year. Expenditure and homes delivered through the Open Market Shared Equity (OMSE) and Rural and Islands Housing Fund (RIHF) programmes have also been included.

Accessible homes

The Scottish Government wants disabled people in Scotland to have choice, dignity, and freedom to access suitable homes, built or adapted to enable them to participate as full and equal citizens and we are working with local authorities to implement this through our investment.

The Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) continues to support the delivery of flexible, adaptable housing to meet people’s needs as they change where local authorities have included these in their Strategic Housing Investment Plans. Wherever possible, all homes are built to housing for varying needs standards (HfVN). The grant subsidy arrangements for the AHSP are sufficiently flexible to support the delivery of specialist housing identified by local authorities as a priority, helping disabled people live independently in their own homes, and older people to stay at home for longer.

Local authorities have a statutory responsibility to prepare a Local Housing Strategy (LHS). In guidance to support local authorities with preparing a LHS local authorities are required to demonstrate that consideration has been given to the specialist provision requirements for those of all ages, in all types of household, across all tenures, including amongst others disabled people and people with high support needs currently either in long term care in hospital or out of area placement, those discharged from hospital or a similar institution. The guidance also requires local authorities to include information in a LHS on what target it has set for delivery of wheelchair accessible housing across all tenures in the local authority area. Priorities and outcomes identified in a LHS help inform local authority Strategic Housing Investment Plans which set out the key strategic affordable housing investment priorities over a five-year period.

Table 16 (a) shows that 1,380 homes were specifically provided for older people, disabled people and those with other particular needs. This includes 358 identified as specifically for wheelchair users (including older wheelchair users).  

Table 16 (b) shows the completed homes for wheelchair users by Local Authority and tenure.

Quality measures

The programme delivers homes that can be accessed by the majority of the population and that is safe and secure to live in. 

Of the information returned, Tables 17 (a) and 17 (b) show the percentage of Registered Social Landlord (RSL) (rent and Low Cost Home Ownership (LCHO); new build (from 2018 to 2019 the classification of new build has been updated to include new build Off the Shelf properties, the latter were previously classified as Off the Shelf properties thus excluded from the figures); Council House New Build and Mid Market Rent new build completions meeting the Housing for Varying Needs (HfVN) and applied for Secured by Design (SBD) accreditation during 2022 to 2023.

Energy for space heating

Of the information returned Table 18 shows the percentage of Registered Social Landlord (RSL) and Council House (rent and Mid Market Rent) new build approvals which planned to deliver homes to section 7, silver level, of the 2019 building regulations in respect of energy for space heating in 2022 to 2023. Information on heating systems which produce zero direct emissions at the point of use can be found within Table 21 (e).

Grant recipients 

Tables 19 (a) and 19 (b) show the Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) and councils in receipt of grant during 2022 to 2023.  It excludes Home Owners’ Support Fund (HOSF) and Open Market Shared Equity (OMSE) where recipients are individuals.

Tables 20 (a) and 20 (b) show other grant recipients including Partnership Support for Regeneration (PSR) and Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) Grant.