FOR those looking at rural Scotland through the prism of their idyllic escape, the housing crisis is an abstract concept – a mild irritation when…
FOR those looking at rural Scotland through the prism of their idyllic escape, the housing crisis is an abstract concept – a mild irritation when the hotel is only able to offer a limited number of bookings or the coffee shop owner is running 10 orders behind because they are short-staffed.
“We have explored every possible option on this island for accommodation, we are constantly outpriced on anything that might become available to buy and with zero movement in the social housing stock we do not stand a chance among others who are in similar positions to ourselves. I am aware of at least three people who have similar points scoring on the social housing list and two of which are formally registered as homeless.
In Tiree, we are in the early stages of progressing our own housing development – but that is a long and slow process. We are actively looking into solutions which might help in the short to medium term, but again, the wheels grind slowly. We need to get creative at both local and national levels. Short-term lets give us tourist beds, but also take houses out of the local stock. A few years ago, I wondered whether there was a way to square that circle, so I set up an island-run accommodation booking platform, isleHoliday.
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