Targets for building affordable homes in Glasgow were missed last year with hundreds of houses due to be built not started.

Glasgow had a target of 878 approvals, 1043 site starts and 1415 completions, none of which were reached.

The actual delivery was 821 approvals, missed by 57,  a total of 661 site starts, missed by 382 and 1353 completions, missed by 62.

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Glasgow declared a housing emergency last year as there is not enough supply of affordable and social homes to cope with growing demand leading to a rise in people stuck in temporary accommodation and an increase in homelessness.

People are stuck in hotels and B&Bs waiting to get temporary accommodation but not enough properties for permanent tenancies is causing a blockage in people moving through the process.

George Gillespie, executive director of neighbourhoods said, in a report to councillors this week the targets were “narrowly missed”.

He said: “One development programmed for approval in late 2023/24 was not approved until early 2024/25, hence this target was narrowly missed.

 “Similarly, one large scheme programmed to complete in late 2023/24 did not complete until early 2024/25. Site starts were significantly under target due to a number of later than anticipated approvals.

“In the main, these were as a result of development cost increases, and underestimation in timing of securing statutory consents.”

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Mr Gillespie said that building costs was also a factor.

Mr Gillespie added: “This was another extremely challenging year for the construction industry which reflected the situation across the country, and whilst construction inflation is not as volatile as it has been in recent years, it remains an issue.

“During 2022/23 the average works cost per m2 was £2,136/m2 ; during 2023/24 this figure had risen to £2,309/m2 which is an 8% rise.”

Last week the Glasgow Times reported the number of social homes built in Scotland in the last year dropped by a quarter.

The private sector built 14,240 homes and the social sector built 5,053 homes.

Building work on 11,795 homes was started by the private sector and 3,501 homes by the social sector.

In Glasgow, there were just 337 new build social homes started, the second lowest in at least 14 years.