SNP oversee decade lows in housebuilding as Housing Minister repeats old lines

SNP oversee decade lows in housebuilding as Housing Minister repeats old lines

Calls have been made for Scottish Government Housing Minister Paul McLennan to resign or be sacked after he boasted about building more homes, when these figures have plummeted.

Dramatic drop in housebuilding exposes SNP’s mistakes

Scottish Liberal Democrats today said the SNP’s cut to the housing budget has made the housing crisis worse after new statistics revealed dramatic falls in the number of housebuilding completions and starts. Official figures show that in the year ending December 2024, during which the Scottish Government cut the housing budget:There was a 9% decrease in all sector housebuilding starts;In the private sector, housebuilding starts were the lowest i…