Sturgeon's wishy washy comments on housing yesterday sparked the suggestion that the SNP's manifesto was written in invisible ink as each commitment is disappearing before the electorates eyes.
On the subject of affordable housing targets:
On a Sunday, Ms Sturgeon said "We will have a target. It will be a target that is achievable and realistic, and that will go where it needs to go to tackle the big shortage of housing we have in Scotland."
... Yet the SNP manifesto said "We will expect that a minimum of 25% of all new housing developments are reserved for affordable housing."
On 1st time buyers:
On Sunday, Ms Sturgeon said "The Executive will tackle the problem of affordability through a housing support fund that could include shared-equity schemes and possible grants for first-time buyers."
... Yet the SNP manifesto said "We have already announced plans to introudce a first time buyers' grant of £2000, to help with the costs and outlays of buying their first home...[we will create] a Scottish Housing Support Fund to work in partnership with lenders to provide loans to first time buyers on a share equity basis."
Alittlefishy.net has heard that the SNP have just been told how big the funding shortfall between their manifesto commitments and the pennies in their purse is - and they're crab-bit.
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