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New housing group chairman warns of crisis |
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Tuesday, 15 May 2007 |
The incoming chairman of housing industry group Homes for Scotland has
called on the new Scottish Executive to embrace the private sector in
tackling what he describes as Scotland’s “housing crisis”.
Homes for Scotland’s member organisations provide more than 90 per cent of the new homes built in Scotland each year.
Ronnie Jacobs, regional chairman of Miller Homes, said that Scotland’s
housing challenge was twofold, and that the private sector must be
allowed to play a role in meeting it:
“Scotland is on the verge of a housing crisis. We are simply not
providing enough new homes to meet the country’s real needs - that
is, to meet latent demand, to house immigrants and to replace aging
housing stock. The Scottish Executive has failed to recognise the part
that the private sector can play in addressing Scotland’s housing
problems and I am determined to ensure that housing is a real focus of
attention for the new Administration.”
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