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allison watson heads the housing charity shelter scotland.tween 1993 and 2018, we've lost 227,000 houses. that's a combination of sell—offs and demolitions, so we've gone dramatically backwards and we're not building anything like enough to make up the difference. but it's notjust an urban issue. some rural areas experience the same twin pressures — a shortage of social housing and a boom in private sales driving things up. and in some areas, factor in the holiday let sector. we've come to the isle of skye, which at first glance doesn't exactly have much in common with the capital city. but research is showing it is beginning to rival edinburgh when it comes to the pressures due to lack of affordable housing. the ferry from mallaig in the mainland docks here at armadale. it's a popular tourist route but the person we're waiting for isn't on holiday. she's a student here, and this is how she's commuted for the last three years. i live in arisaig and i drive from my arisaig every morning to mallaig and then i get the ferry from mallaig to armad