How to tackle a housing emergency

Swinney urged to make housing a key priority as rent controls blamed for collapse in home building

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Six months ago, pretty much to the day, City of Edinburgh Council became the first local authority in Scotland to declare a Housing Emergency. Finding the keys to unlock the problem seems as far as away as ever.

The declaration produced headlines, much political activity, a lot of calls to action, and we heard the despairing vo…