The Scottish government will use a Labour-led debate on the housing crisis later today to declare a national housing emergency.

The social justice secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville will attribute Scotland’s housing crisis to factors including Brexit, UK austerity and “economic incompetence” and will call for all parties in Scotland to work together “to examine all options to make progress”. 

In November, Labour put forward a motion to declare a housing emergency, which the SNP voted against.