Lack of investment in housing is not good news
Argyll and Bute Council is presenting its updated housing plan as good news (The Oban Times, December 13), but I am disappointed at the low level of investment in affordable housing being provided to Argyll and Bute by the Scottish Government compared with 10 or 12 years ago when annual investment in housing was well over £20 million.
If we look back to 2006, funding was £21.9 million. When we compare that with the 2018/19 allocation of £16.1 million, it can be seen that this is a massive cut of more than 25 per cent. Where we would expect the council to be receiving much more for housing from the Scottish Government than it did 10 or 12 years ago, we see that the next two years are not much better with allocations of only £17.1 million and £18.2 million, well below the levels of funding the council received in the past.