Nicola Sturgeon’s administration was criticised after it emerged councils and housing associations will now be allowed to buy existing stock to meet the target.
Scottish Labour’s housing spokeswoman Pauline McNeill hit out: “No one will trust the Tories to deliver these policies.
“Ruth Davidson talks about the worst housing crisis since World War II, but forgets to mention it was a radical Labour government that fixed it.”
Communities Secretary Angela Constance insisted the government was “on track to deliver even more houses by 2021” with some £3 billion of investment.
She added: “We have delivered over 68,000 affordable homes since 2007, reintroduced council housing and have supported more than 23,000 people into home ownership.
“In addition, the rate of house-building completions across all sectors puts Scotland ahead of England and Wales, and we outperform the whole of the UK in new build social sector completion rates.
“In fact, we have built 41,000 more homes than would have been built at England’s slower per-capita rate. That’s the equivalent of a new town the size of Paisley.”
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