Supplementary planning policy guidance

Affordable housing is an issue that affects everyone in East Renfrewshire.

House prices are high in our area and we simply do not have enough social housing or low-cost ownership homes to cater for people who cannot afford high prices but who want to live, and, in many cases, continue to live, in this area.

Affordable housing is a particular issue for our young people and for our older residents and the council is committed to working with our own housing service, planners and developers, house builders and social and private landlords to ensure that we work towards the goal of all of our residents being able to access affordable and quality homes, regardless of their post code or personal circumstances.

I commend this strategy to you as part of our drive to ensure that our affordable housing agenda is pursued with vigour and effect and to ensure that we plan for our future housing supply in East Renfrewshire with the specific needs of all of our residents, and, especially, with the concept of affordable housing to the fore as a basic human justice issue.

Councillor Alan Lafferty