Scotland’s housing emergency is a disaster for those facing homelessness

Scotland’s housing emergency is a disaster for those facing homelessness

Record View says despite the Scottish Government declaring a housing emergency last year, the number of new-builds is going down, not up.

The Basque councillor for Housing and Urban Agenda, Denis Itxaso, reported on Tuesday that of the 17,000 homes managed by the society Alokabide, the Basque public housing and social rental company, "only 0.3%" are in a situation of okupación, and although he has advocated for "situating the issue in its just dimension", he has assured that the position of the Basque Government will be of "zero tolerance" in these cases.

A three-year housing project may be underway in Luster.

The Basque Housing Councillor, Denis Itxaso, has argued that "it is not permissible that in the current housing emergency there should be uninhabited housing that is not given use" and has pointed out that the aim of his department is to increase the collection of housing for the Bizigune program and to support the municipalities in the application of the empty housing canon. "It is about encouraging and seducing the owners, but if it is not so,…