West Lothian Council has announced work will begin soon on another 349 affordable houses as part of their 10-year pledge.
The council provided the information in an update on the delivery of affordable housing across the local area.
A report at a recent meeting of West Lothian Council Executive detailed various initiatives to increase the supply of housing locally in relation to the council’s Affordable Housing programme.
The council’s target is to facilitate the delivery of 3000 affordable homes over a 10-year period to 2022.
Since the start of 2012/13, 2190 affordable homes have been delivered and a further 290 are currently under construction across sites in Livingston, Bathgate and Armadale.
Three of the sites are part of the council’s new-build programme with the remaining six being developed by registered social landlords.
Another 349 units are planned for site start during 2020/21 including council sites at Wellhead Farm, Murieston and Mossend, West Calder amongst numerous sites from Registered Social Landlords (RSLs).
While good progress has been made in working to deliver the 3000 units by the 2022 deadline, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the timescales for affordable housing delivery throughout Scotland.
The overall programme is projected to complete 94 per cent of the target 3000 units by March 2022, with the remaining six per cent complete by late summer 2023.
Executive councillor for services for the community, George Paul said: “Significant progress has been made towards delivering on the target of 3000 affordable homes in West Lothian, however there is no doubt that the impact of Covid-19 has impacted on timescales.With all sites up and running again and more to begin shortly, it is clear to see the excellent work from the council, RSL’s and
