People are being trapped in unsuitable homes or “priced out” of housing altogether, Labour said yesterday, as Scotland’s housing emergency enters another year.

Almost one in four respondents (23 per cent) to the latest Scottish Household Survey said unaffordable rent or mortgage payments were  a barrier to moving in 2023, up from 13 per cent in 2019.

As homelessness continues at record levels in Scotland and waiting lists for social housing grow, house-buying is increasingly out of reach, with prices continuing to rise faster than wages.