Right to buy new council homes axed

The right to buy new council houses to be scrapped as part of housing reform plans in Scotland.

It will be scrapped for new social housing built by housing associations,  in the hope to  supply more homes for rental.

Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon set a “national goal” of a total of 35,000 new homes in a year by the middle of the next decade, compared with the present “simply inadequate” level of 25,000.

It also promised  to help first time buyers by a mixture of government grants, shared equity schemes, and mortgage-related produces and services.