How and why was this portal created?
It began wiThthe Scottish Government creating the Self and Custom Build Housing Pilot Challenge Fund. The Challenge Fund was created to test new models for increasing self and custom builds in Scotland. The Challenge Fund was open to all and looking for those who could provide an innovative approach to encouraging and supporting self and custom builds across Scotland.
There has been a signifi- cant decline in high street lenders providing self-build mortgages and as a result has made it difficult to for people to finance self-build projects and decreased the amount of work available for the construction and architectural industries. The Scottish Government have recognised these issues and are putting new initiatives in place to try to reinvigorate the selfbuild sector, including the Challenge Fund.