FOI Request - Council Houses and Flats Bought and Sold

Request 101003832194

1. How many houses/flats has the council bought in the period 2015-2025 (with the intention to use them as council houses for people)?

2. How many council houses/flats has the council sold to people who live in them in the period of 2015-2025?

3. How many council houses/flats does the council currently have? (as of 2025)

Response 27-08-2025

1. 46 properties.  
This relates to purchase of pre-existing property and excludes new build contracts which are available from the Scottish Government at Housing statistics quarterly update: https://www.gov.scot/publications/housing-statistics-for-scotland-new-house-building/

2. This information is published by Scottish Government and available online; it is therefore exempt under section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, information otherwise accessible. For ease of reference please find a link to the web page here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/housing-statistics-sales-of-social-sector-housing/

Please refer to excel file named "Sales and applications - local authority time series” and within this the ‘tsSalesCalYr’ tab.  

Following the end of the right to buy in Scotland, our properties would only be sold with vacant possession, i.e. nil properties from 2018 onwards.

3. 6,415