Current status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many affordable homes have been built in each local authority area since 2007, and how many of those have been for social housing.
A total of 141,730 affordable homes have been delivered between 1 April 2007 and 30 September 2025 and these include new build, rehab and off the shelf purchases. This includes 101,266 homes for social rent (71%), 14,201 homes for other affordable rent (10%), and 26,263 homes for affordable home ownership (19%). The Scottish Government publishes quarterly housing statistics on the Affordable Housing Supply Programme covering approvals, starts and completions by local authority area split by social rent and other affordable. These can be found here:
We report on all homes delivered through the Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) via our quarterly official statistics, and this includes approvals, starts and completions. We also report on all sector new build starts and completions by local authority including social homes. Official housing statistics are available on the Scottish Government website at Housing statistics - gov.scot.