City
Edinburgh
Funding & land tenure
What a housing cooperative could actually build on hereAffordable-housing supportModerateAffordable Housing Supply Programme — RSL social rent benchmark
Capital available€1859/m² grant9 researched programmes · 2 coop-specific instruments
Office→housing conversionNone foundChange-of-use incentive available here
Ground leaseTier A — StrongLeasehold / Long lease (Leasehold estate) · No cap · Bank-mortgageable · Housing-proven
Reuse radar
Empty and underused buildings in Edinburgh that could become homesEmpty buildings on record138and 4 more with an empty shop, flat or floor
District to start withOld Town, New Town and CaltonThe most buildings at risk in one place, among them the council's former Royal High School.
Top candidatesFormer Royal High SchoolTynecastle High School · Former police station, Abbeyhill