The Edinburgh Council has announced its plans to invest around $167m (£128m) over the next 12 months to improve homes and build new affordable homes in Edinburgh.
As per the plans, improvements will be carried out at over 3,000 council homes, thereby making them greener, safer, and more accessible.
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The investment plan will also push forward the council’s house building strategy, supporting the development, build and supply of more sustainable and affordable new homes to tackle the city’s housing pressures and tackle the cost-of-living crisis.
The council intends to be one of the first local authorities in Scotland to pilot a ‘whole house retrofit’ approach to support its net zero carbon commitment.
The Council’s Housing, Homelessness and Fair Work Committee convener and councillor Kate Campbell said: “We’re really scaling up our efforts to improve the condition of people’s homes and driving forward our housebuilding programme, so that residents can have permanent homes that are energy efficient, safe and affordable.
“Our ambition has been to deliver 20,000 affordable new homes by 2027 and we’re well on the way to achieving that despite the pandemic and Brexit, which have been really challenging for construction.
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By GlobalData“And now we’re having to navigate a cost of living crisis, so we have set a rent freeze for our tenants to support them through this. But, longer term, all the work we’re doing now to make homes much more sustainable will also help us to drive down fuel bills.
“The steps we’re taking to make better use of shared greenspaces is also important for tenants’ wellbeing.”
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The investment plan will also push forward the council’s house building strategy. Credit: Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pixabay.
