Juggling of housing finances will see council lose equivalent of funding for 20 new homes

The juggling of finances of a council housing scheme in Ayr will cost the council the equivalent of 20 new homes, according to a former housing spokesperson.

Labour councillor Philip Saxton, along with senior SNP councillor William Grant, and Labour colleagues Ian Cavana and Cameron Ramsay, is calling in the decision to transfer land at the John Pollock Centre from South Ayrshire Council’s general services account to the housing revenue account.

The council is to build around 160 homes at the Mainholm site.