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With the long-awaited Housing Bill finally here, hosts Kieran Findlay and Jimmy Black will dedicate the next four episodes to digest various elements of the legislation, including homelessness and domestic abuse, culminating in an interview with housing minister Paul McLennan. But we begin the serie

Below is a full transcript of episode 55 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast titled ‘Housing Bill part 2: Homelessness prevention duties with Ewan Aitken’. Listen to the episode here.

Jimmy Black explains what he thinks the proposed new duty to “Ask” if people are homeless, & “Act” to help them, actually means.

The property market across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife, and the Borders witnessed a moderate overall rise in average selling prices, though with notable variations among regions.

Property owners in Dundee city centre are being encouraged to remove scaffolding as quickly as possible from their buildings after maintenance work is carried out.

Plans are progressing to build 135 new council houses across two developments in Gallowhill and Johnstone.

The number of home sales in Scotland fell flat in April according to the results of the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey, with the market seemingly impacted by the slight increase in mortgage rates over the last few weeks. However, respondents retain a

Cairn Housing Association has launched a "transformative" new business plan, propelled by insights gathered directly from their tenants, staff and stakeholders.

The residential-led transformation of the former Caledonian Brewery in Shandon is now a step closer to reality with the submission of a major planning application to the City of Edinburgh Council.

The masterplan for a proposed development of homes at Conglass in Inverurie by Cala Homes has been recommended for approval by officers at Aberdeenshire Council.

New plans to help support households worried about homelessness have been agreed by North Lanarkshire Council's housing committee.

Carmichael Homes has secured a significant funding package from Downing Property Finance to bolster the expansion of its sustainable property developments across Scotland. Through Downing’s sustainable lending framework, Downing Property Finance has provided essential financing for two major p

Kieran Findlay and Jimmy Black put the Holyrood turmoil to one side and continue their exploration of various elements of the Scottish Government’s new Housing Bill with a look at proposed new homelessness prevention measures. The legislation will introduce an ‘ask and act’ duty on

The City of Edinburgh Council has said it does not expect to approve any new affordable homes for at least the next year after a cut to the Scottish Government’s housing budget left the local authority with £11 million worse off.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has given ng homes a 'non-compliant' regulatory status as the landlord conducts investigations into lift safety inspections. The Regulator has been engaging with ng homes since October about serious failings in its handling of lift safety inspections. Later i