The UK Government’s changes to welfare payments will put at risk efforts to improve social housing and build new affordable homes, and cost families in Scotland hundreds of millions of pounds, the Scottish Parliament’s Finance Committee will hear today (Wednesday 20th June 2012).
While the reforms are intended to save money for the UK Government, they could have a huge negative financial impact on tenants in some of Scotland’s poorest communities, and on social landlords.
Over two-thirds of working ...
