Teresa Bray To coincide with the announcement of Scotland’s Energy Efficiency Programme pilots, which is expected any day now, Changeworks is developing a series of insight papers to inform the debate on how to best deliver the programme.
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Artist’s impression of the Queensferry Crossing from South Queensferry With six months to go until Scotland’s newest bridge, the Queensferry Crossing, is set to be opened, campaigners are calling for the country’s next big infrastructure project to be one that makes a difference to people’s
Experts from the housing and property sector in Glasgow met to take part in a round-table discussion at Grand Central Hotel last week. Hosted by Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) and National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), the event explored housing issues and the local property
A map showing the highest concentrations of cold homes across Scotland Political parties have been urged to commit to ridding Scotland of the “scourge” of cold homes by 2025 after new data revealed that there are up to 1.5 million cold homes in the country.
Scotland’s ‘generation rent’ is expected to continue throughout the next decade as the country is predicted to be one of UK’s fastest growing private rental markets. New analysis from PwC has suggested that private rental tenure in the country is expected to rise by 16 per cent with owner oc
Alan Ferguson A powerful alliance of over 50 civic organisations is calling on the Scottish Government to end the blight of Scotland’s draughty, unhealthy homes by 2025.
Glasgow City Council has given its approval to a £72.84 million investment that will bring hundreds of new affordable homes to the city. The Glasgow Affordable Housing Supply Programme will help to deliver 743 homes towards the council's commitment to build 3,500 affordable homes by May 2017, and c
An aerial view of the Cowglen site Persimmon Homes West Scotland has revealed plans to invest £75 million on a major new housing development in Glasgow.
Heather Pearson Last week’s media coverage of rising house costs and predictions of a growing private rental sector has again brought the issue of Scotland’s housing needs into focus. But while public perception traditionally favours home ownership, a stronger private rental sector will benefit
The Scottish Parliament's Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee has urged its successor committee to undertake a comprehensive review of the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR). In its legacy report published this week, the Committee said the review would ideally take place early in the next
Scotland’s housing market recorded modest annual growth at the start of 2026, according to the latest UK House Price Index figures published on 25 March.
“Unambitious” policy choices have created Scotland’s worst housebuilding slump since the Second World War, according to new research. In 2007, the newly elected Scottish Government pledged to increase the number of new homes built per year to 35,000, which it described as “ac
The range of problems facing tenants renting from councils and housing associations has been highlighted in a new Consumer Scotland survey. According to the poll, most social renters are generally satisfied, but nearly half of the 1,400 social renters surveyed had recently experienced an issue with
Communities are to benefit from over £7 million to support action to reduce emissions and improve resilience to the impacts of climate change. The funding for 2026-27 comes ahead of Scotland’s Climate Change Plan being presented to Parliament and highlights the wide range of targeted int
Scotland’s housing market is undergoing a structural shift. Rather than moving, more families are investing in adapting and extending existing properties, treating housing as a long-term asset that must perform across generations.
