Affordable Housing Supply Programme
The Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) comprises a range of funding mechanisms to enable affordable housing providers to deliver homes for social rent, mid-market rent, and low cost home ownership in communities across Scotland to support local authorities’ Local Housing Strategies.
We are committed to delivering 110,000 affordable homes by 2032, of which at least 70% will be available for social rent and 10% will be in our rural and island communities.
Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) budget
A total of £767.745 million is available in 2025 to 2026 as follows:
|
AHSP Budget 2025-2026 |
£ million |
|
More Homes Grant |
595.500 |
|
TMDF Grant* |
92.245 |
|
Total Capital Grant |
687.745 |
|
Financial Transactions |
80.000 |
|
Total |
767.745 |
*Transfer of Management of Development Funding, applicable to the City of Edinburgh and Glasgow City Councils.
Resource Planning Assumptions (RPAs)
Resource Planning Assumptions covering 2021-2022 to 2025-2026 have been agreed.
Council areas across Scotland are to share £660.064 million in grant funding in 2025 to 2026 to deliver more affordable homes. This sum includes an additional £40 million of funding which was announced in April 2024 to support local authorities to bring existing homes into affordable use through acquiring homes to reduce homelessness and time spent in temporary accommodation.
Acquisition Programme
Information on the acquisition of homes through the AHSP is available which (a) clarifies the process for identifying and taking forward acquisitions of homes and (b) sets out how programme and wider reporting arrangements will operate.
Guidance for councils and registered social landlords
Our current and archived guidance gathers publications by calendar year.
Affordable housing investment benchmarks
Affordable housing investment benchmarks are used to determine the appraisal route for new build, refurbishment and conversion projects delivered by local authorities and registered social landlords.
Affordable Housing Supply Programme annual out-turn reports
- Out-turn report for 2022-2023
- Out-turn report for 2021-2022
- Out-turn report for 2020-2021
- Out-turn report for 2019-2020
- Out-turn report for 2018-2019
- Out-turn report for 2017-2018
- Out-turn report for 2016-2017
- Out-turn report for 2015-2016
- Older out-turn reports
Other Affordable Housing Supply Programme data
- Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) Deliverability Review
- Completed projects supported through AHSP funding between 2016-2017 and 2020-2021
- Affordable Housing Supply Programme: quarterly updates on approvals, site starts and completions by local authority
- Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) – social and affordable completions by local authority – 50,000 homes (1 April 2016 to 23 March 2022)
Housing statistics
Official figures on the AHSP and other housing statistics and quarterly update summary tables from Housing Statistics for Scotland.
Housing Tender Return (HTR) and Scottish Social Housing Tender Price Index (SSHTPI)
The Scottish Social Housing Tender Price Index measures the movement in construction costs of social housing in Scotland. The index is based on analysing the construction costs in accepted tenders for affordable housing. Grant applicants provide tender information through the Housing Tender Return.