The Scottish Government’s housing minister will visit the West Highlands next month on a fact-finding mission. Earlier in the year Kate Forbes MSP asked Kevin Stewart to come to her constituency to see what can be done to progress affordable housing in the Highlands – an invitation which was accepted.
Ms Forbes understands that Mr Stewart will visit Fort William and the Isle of Skye on Tuesday August 21, with final arrangements to be announced in due course.
Ms Forbes said: ‘We all know how much pressure there is on affordable housing in the region and the ever-increasing gap between average incomes and average house prices in the Highlands.