Affordable housing is vital to a successful society. The Scottish Government provides grants to social landlords and others to help them build affordable homes and also assistance to help people onto the housing ladder.
The Scottish Government's £50m Innovation and Investment Fund will be the main new housing supply programme for 2011-12. This comprises
Please click here to read points of clarification and responses to questions relating to the Innovation and Investment Fund (IIF) 2011/12
This section of the website also contains information about the Scottish Government's Affordable Housing Investment Programme for the year 2010-2011, including details of the programme's budget, how it is managed in different areas across Scotland and the various grant/loan mechanisms that are available under it. Our Guidance Note section includes information and procedures on how grant levels are calculated e.g. Housing Association Grant (HAG) financial appraisals and application of HAG subsidy targets. This description of grants and guidance applies generally to projects approved prior to 31 March 2011.
Footnote - the sample photos which will appear on this page are from across Scotland showing developments which have been funded from the AHIP Programme.