Affordable Housing Supply Programme: guidance notes

All guidance notes for councils and registered social landlords

2024

• Guidance on Preparing Strategic Housing Investment Plans (SHIPs) MHDGN 2024/01. This guidance supersedes MHDGN 2023/02.

2023

• Guidance on Preparing Strategic Housing Investment Plans (SHIPs) MHDGN 2023/02. This guidance supersedes MHDGN 2022/01.
• Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP): process and procedures MHDGN 2023/01. This guidance supersedes MHDGN 2022/02. There is also a tender application spreadsheet for completion.

2022

• Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP): process and procedures MHDGN 2022/02.  This guidance has been superseded by MHDGN 2023/01. There is also a tender application spreadsheet for completion.
• Guidance on Preparing Strategic Housing Investment Plans (SHIPs) MHDGN 2022/01. This guidance has been superseded by MHDGN 2023/02..

2021

• Rural and Islands Housing Fund: Guidance note MHDGN 2021/02

• Guidance on Preparing Strategic Housing Investment Plans MHDGN 2021/01. This guidance supersedes 2020 correspondence and MHDGN 2019/04. 

2020

• Affordable Housing Supply Programme: Process and procedures MHDGN 2020/02.  This guidance has been superseded by MHDGN 2022/02. 
• Impact of COVID-19 on delivering grant-funded affordable housing projects MHDGN 2020/01.

2019

• Guidance on Preparing Strategic Housing Investment Plans MHDGN 2019/04.  This guidance note has been superseded by MHDGN 2021/01.
• Affordable Housing Supply Programme: Process and procedures MHDGN 2019/03.  This Guidance Note has been superseded by MHDGN 2020/02. 

• Guidance for setting of Local Housing Strategy targets to support the delivery of more wheelchair-accessible housing. Reference MHDGN 2019/02. The Housing for Varying Needs design guide is available for reference.

• Affordable Housing Supply Programme: Process and procedures MHDGN 2019/01. This supersedes MHDGN 2018/02. It also incorporates process and procedures for delivering new supply shared equity homes replacing the new supply shared equity element of MHDGN 2017/06 and all other previous guidance and procedures relating to the new supply shared equity scheme. This guidance note has been superseded by MHDGN 2019/03.

2018

• Changes to the Open Market Shared Equity (OMSE), Help to Buy Scotland Guidance and After Sales Shared Equity Procedures (ref. MHDGN 2018/04)
• Preparation of Strategic Housing Investment Plans (SHIPs). Reference MHDGN 2018/03. Superseded by MHDGN 2019/04
• Affordable Housing Supply Programme: process and procedures MHDGN 2018/02. This supersedes MHDGN 2018/01.
• Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) – Process and procedures (ref: MHDGN 2018/01). This supersedes MHDGN 2017/04.

2017

• Changes to administrative procedures for Open Market Shared Equity (OMSE) and New Supply Shared Equity (NSSE) schemes (ref. MHDGN 2017/06). Superseded by MHDGN 2018/04 for the OMSE scheme and MHDGN 2019/01 for the NSSE scheme.
• Changes to After-Sales Shared Equity Procedures (ASSEP) (ref MHDGN 2017/05)
• Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) – Process and procedures (ref MHDGN 2017/04). This supersedes HIGN 2008/06, HIGN 2009/10, HIGN 2010/07, HSGN 2012/08, HSGN 2014/05, HSIDGN 2015/03, MHDGN 2017/01, MHDGN 2017/02
• Guidance on the preparation of Strategic Housing Investment Plans (SHIP) (ref: MHDGN 2017/03). This supersedes MHDGN 2016/03.
• Affordable Housing Supply Programme: RSL Social Rent Benchmark Assumptions (ref: MHDGN 2017/02) Superseded by MHDGN 2017/04.
• Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP) : future-proofing access to internet and broadband services (ref: MHDGN 2017/01) Superseded by MHDGN 2017/04.

2016

• Open Market Shared Equity (OMSE) scheme: update of administrative procedures (ref: MHDGN 2016/06 )
• Open Market Shared Equity (OMSE) and New Supply Shared Equity (NSSE) schemes: update of administrative procedures (ref: MHDGN 2016/05)
• Guidance on requirement for Financial Conduct Authority authorisation in relation to managing and enforcing past and future shared equity agreements (ref: MHDGN 2016/04)
• Guidance on the preparation of Strategic Housing Investment Plans (SHIP) (ref: MHD 2016/03)
• RSL social rent benchmark assumption (ref: HSIDGN 2016/02)
• Financial appraisal and administrative allowances for Home Owners' Support Fund etc (supersedes HSGN 2015/02) (ref: HSIDGN 2016/01)

The list above show guidance notes from 2016 by calendar year. Earlier Affordable Housing Supply Programme guidance notes are also available.