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Jane Wood discusses the critical decline of SME homebuilders in Scotland and calls for urgent reforms to support the sector. In June 2024, Homes for Scotland (HFS) took a bold step to fill a glaring gap in our national housing data. Our landmark report, Scotland’s SME Home Builders 2024: Data

Marking today’s anniversary of the declaration of a housing emergency in Scotland, the Everyone Home collective has criticised failures over the last year and is calling on all political parties to commit to concrete action with one year to go until the Holyrood election. Today, we stand at a

Major Will Pearson, who is also a GP, argues that while the number of suspected drug deaths in Scotland has decreased, much more action is required to tackle the issue. “Would you like temporary accommodation or help to get your own place?” Surely the answer is both. It’s the same

Almost 19,000 people have now joined Dogs Trust in calling on the UK Government to extend the same pet ownership rights to social housing tenants as those planned to be granted to renters in the private sector.

Scotland's local authorities are grappling with significant financial strain, necessitating urgent transformation to ensure sustainability, the Accounts Commission has revealed. While councils managed to bridge a £759 million budget deficit in 2023/24, this required deeper cuts and reliance on

In an exclusive commentary piece for Scottish Housing News, Highland Housing Alliance (HHA) CEO Gail Matheson looks back over an interesting year for mid-market rent properties in Scotland. As 2024 closes, I've been reflecting on the opportunities and challenges Scotland's housing sector has faced o

Calls have been made for long-term funding for social home-building, as statistics showed the number of homes delivered continues to slow. 

Dangerous cladding on all high-rise buildings in government-funded schemes in England will be fixed by the end of 2029, Angela Rayner has pledged.

New research from the Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) in Scotland has revealed that 70% of all councils believe they will be unable to pass a balanced budget within the next five years without immediate changes.

Ending Scotland’s housing emergency must be the First Minister’s top priority after the Scottish Government saw a £3.4 billion uplift in yesterday's UK Budget, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) has said.

Scottish benefits claimants are being reminded to take action as a key date approaches for the switch to Universal Credit. Advice Direct Scotland, which runs the national advice service advice.scot, said that households should prepare for changes as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) continu

Housing and property organisations are bracing themselves for policy changes after the Scottish Government’s formal co-operation agreement with the Scottish Green Party was brought to an end yesterday. First Minister Humza Yousaf formally informed Scottish Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and

One of the UK's most prominent social housing campaigners, Kwajo Tweneboa, has called on Scottish politicians and sector leaders to urgently tackle the housing crisis as their top priority. Making his first speaking appearance in Scotland at the upcoming Share Annual Conference in Glasgow, Mr Tweneb

New research out today from Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) Scotland has revealed that nearly a quarter of Scottish councils fear they will not be able to balance their budgets in the 2024/25 financial year. This is despite the fact that every single council in Scotland plans to cut spendin

A Scottish programme that aims to end destitution and homelessness caused by the UK Government's immigration policy has supported more than 1,200 in its first year, with calls for the partnership to receive the full weight of scaling up support from the Scottish Government. In a new report published