The Scottish Government's housing target must be increased in order to meet housing needs, according to the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA).

The organisation was commenting on the latest housing statistics, which show the government is on track to meet its five-year-target to deliver 30,000 homes by March 2016.

Alan Stokes, SFHA Policy Lead, said: "While we welcome today's figures, and acknowledge that the Scottish Government is on track to meet its current target, we still need to be building a significantly higher number of homes than are currently being built in order to meet housing need across the country and to derive the undoubted economic benefit of an increased house-building programme."

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"We will continue to work with our members and the Scottish Government to increase the amount of affordable homes that are built as good quality affordable housing is vital for improving the health, life chances and wellbeing of Scotland's poorest and most vulnerable people."

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