The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Scotland and the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) have urged the Scottish government to keep to its promise to prioritise affordable housing with the additional funding announced in yesterday’s budget.

Both housing bodies have pointed out that the Scottish government has pledged to prioritise housing, yet in its 2024/25 budget passed in February, it cut funding for affordable housing by £196m.

In March, the deputy first minister and finance secretary Shona Robison said she would make reversing cuts to affordable housing her “number one priority” if new funding became available.