Immense progress has been made in delivering affordable housing in Argyll and Bute, with plans to build 900 homes across our rural constituency picking up pace.

These much needed affordable homes in the pipeline over the next six years will include 50 on three sites on Islay (Keills, Port Ellen, Bowmore and Port Charlotte), 10 on Jura and five on Colonsay. On top of that Tarbert's housing needs are also (at least in part) being addressed at long last.

In my role on our council administration I have been pushing relentlessly for more affordable and social housing not only in my council ward but across Argyll and Bute.

When it comes to economic growth, housing is one of the key pillars and everything is linked to affordability and availability.

Cllr Alastair Redman