The new research has demonstrated that a shortage of the right homes in the right places is having a significant impact upon key worker recruitment and retention in Dumfries & Galloway and the Scottish Borders, affecting thousands of staff and posts in health, social care, education, policing and the land-based industries.

The aim of the new research is to inform efforts to deliver more key worker homes in the region, aligning with the South of Scotland Regional Economic Partnership’s Housing Action Plan.

Based on the evidence, key priorities for action have been identified to deliver more key worker homes where they are most needed, and the report makes a series of recommendations for how these actions can be implemented.