{"id":9576,"date":"2016-08-22T14:53:12","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T13:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=9576"},"modified":"2016-08-22T14:53:12","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T13:53:12","slug":"unite-scotland-house-build-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=9576","title":{"rendered":"Unite Scotland house build call"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>And from the south east of England to Scotland \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Unite is out to defeat the UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s housing misery crisis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite Scotland announced\u00c2\u00a0(August 19) it is backing calls for a national strategy to tackle Scotland\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s social housing crisis and create new jobs in construction.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The union was commenting following news that Scottish Labour deputy leader Alex Rowley MSP had written to raise the issue with the Scottish government.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bA home is a human right, and too many people in Scotland are unable to find suitable accommodation that they can afford,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 commented Unite Scottish secretary Pat Rafferty.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bYoung people are suffering in particular \u00e2\u20ac\u201c we have found that 86 per cent of Unite members under 25 years old are living with their parents.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThere is a massive need for investment in housing in Scotland, and especially social housing that people can afford, built and owned by councils and housing associations,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Rafferty added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Research by Unite has found that for every \u00c2\u01411 spent on housing construction, an extra \u00c2\u01412.09 is generated in the economy, with direct future savings in tax and benefit payments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For each home built, 1.5 direct jobs are created with estimates ranging from between an additional 2 and up to 4 jobs created in the wider supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Said Rafferty, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis investment will also help us address Scotland\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s jobs crisis, creating new opportunities for skilled work and apprenticeships.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe welcome the call for a new national house build strategy and would work closely with councils, housing associations, developers and the Scottish government to ensure its success.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@davideyre\">@davideyre<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And from the south east of England to Scotland \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Unite is out to defeat the UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s housing misery crisis. &nbsp; Unite Scotland announced\u00c2\u00a0(August 19) it is backing calls for a national strategy to tackle Scotland\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s social housing crisis and create new jobs in construction. &nbsp; The union was commenting following news that Scottish Labour [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9586,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[109,131,90],"wps_subtitle":"More homes is way forward for Scotland","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9576"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9576"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9585,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9576\/revisions\/9585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}