Nac to buy back council houses..

North Ayrshire Council is to invest £1 million to buy back former Council house, to help address the increasing housing demand.

Councillor Anthea Dickson, spokeswoman for Health and Social Care, spoke of the high demand for affordable housing and the shortfall of available houses. ‘We are building 500 new Council houses over the next decade,’ she said, but admitted that, while this is a significant investment, it will not meet the overall demand. Purchasing former local authority housing shows ‘a willingness to explore every possible avenue to tackle this ongoing issue.’

Many will feel that the original tragedy was the loss of the Council housing stock, but NAC cannot be blamed for that. The new move is a sensible one, and very welcome.