How the social sector housing stock in Scotland plummeted in the Labour years but is recovering in the SNP years

Above, left, the social housing stock in Scotland, increasing by 6.5% in the SNP years and, above right, decreasing by 17.6% in the Labour years.

From Housing Statistics: Social housing stock, last updated 26 May 2026, published yesterday, the above tables and:

These figures provide the total number of social housing stock in Scotland. They are updated each year using information from Housing Statistics Annual Returns and stock figures from the Scottish Housing Regulator.

https://www.gov.scot/publications/housing-statistics-social-housing-stock/

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2 thoughts on “How the social sector housing stock in Scotland plummeted in the Labour years but is recovering in the SNP years”

  1. Thank you for these data.
    i ought to have checked before, but i had no idea what the scale of social housing in Scotland is and had been.

    It would have been useful to have information about the amounts of different housing there are and were in Scotland to get some context.

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