Search: State must lead on major affordable housing development, argues new paper

Having studied planning application trends as a litmus test for whether land supply for housing is running out in Scotland, development & investment manager Jake Poole suggests that while the picture is not bleak across the board just yet, cracks are emerging, and it is a slow ship to turn. In r

Dr Andrew Robert Watson proposes the development of a Housing Stewardship Framework for understanding and improving how housing quality is produced and sustained across the system. Housing quality matters. There are well-established links between the condition of homes and levels of educational atta

Plans to bring a long-vacant landmark building in Galashiels back into active use have taken an important step forward, with Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) confirming the purchase of the property.

Alumno has officially commenced construction on its new c.£23 million purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development on St George’s Road in Glasgow.

Govan Housing Group has announced that Roger Dulin, the organisation’s long‑standing group head of finance & corporate services, will step down from his role at the end of February after 26 years of service. During more than two decades with the group, Roger has played a pivotal role in

A new drive could get underway to help ensure that Dundee is streets ahead when roads are developed in the city.

A Wheatley tenant who lost almost everything she owned said she “couldn’t wait to get back home” after the social landlord completed major repairs to her fire-damaged flat. Alice McIntyre, 70, lost almost all of her belongings when a lit candle placed too close to a jacket caused a

The Community Wealth Building Bill has been passed by the Scottish Parliament. It will support investment in communities with councils, health boards and other public bodies focusing on the generation, circulation and retention of wealth in local and regional economies.

Plans are to be developed for a pipeline to be constructed taking low carbon heat from the energy from waste facility in Tullos and connecting to existing Aberdeen Heat and Power district heating networks in Seaton, Tillydrone, and the city centre.

Scotland’s only consumer exhibition for self-builders, home renovators and improvers, the Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show, sponsored by self-build specialists Fleming Homes, is set to return to the SEC, Glasgow on 9-10 May 2026.

South Ayrshire Council has formally agreed to return almost £6 million in education contributions to a housing developer, after ruling that the school‑capacity expansion the money was intended to fund is no longer required.

The City of Edinburgh Council holds no evidence that its Short-Term Let Planning Control Area has delivered any measurable improvement in housing supply, affordability or market outcomes since it was introduced in 2022, the Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers (ASSC) has found. In a Freedom

Lochalsh & Skye Housing Association (LSHA) recently welcomed its CEO, Lowri Richards, back from maternity leave. Fanchea Kelly spent 2025 leading LSHA in Lowri’s absence and reflects on her time there, and on the importance of the housing association to the many local communities across Lo

Principal contractor Balfour Beatty has submitted a planning application for a temporary workforce accommodation village in Stornoway to support construction of the Lewis Hub for SSEN Transmission while protecting local housing, services, and the tourism economy. The proposed village, on part of the

SME housebuilder Whiteburn has secured planning consent for 110 new homes at Allanbank, Lauder, in the Scottish Borders.