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

Mid-year population estimates from National Records of Scotland show that Scotland’s population is ageing compared with previous decades. Since 2000, the number of people aged 65+ in Scotland has increased by a third, while the number of children has fallen 6%. All 32 Scottish council areas ha

John Blackwood from the Scottish Association of Landlords considers the Covid Recovery Bill amendments and wider housing issues including the increase of landlords leaving the private rented sector. “We have had enough of experts” has become the mantra for poor policy decisions and

Around 220,000 older households in Scotland will have insufficient income to cover their essential spending this year, according to the latest analysis by Age Scotland’s sister charity Age UK. With 150,000 pensioners already living in relative poverty in Scotland, the charities estimate that t

An application seeking to appeal a decision of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland refusing an eviction order for a tenant in rent arrears has been rejected by the housing division of the Upper Tribunal for Scotland.

A new report by Action for Children warns of the challenges facing children today, with more than one in four children surveyed in Scotland (26%) worrying about their family having enough money to live comfortably as the cost of living crisis deepens. With vast numbers of children concerned about &l

Owners of second homes in England who abuse a tax loophole by claiming their often-empty properties are holiday lets will be forced to pay under new measures announced by the UK Government today.

Scottish Labour has called on the Scottish Government to delay new heat and smoke alarm regulations amid mounting problems with grant support for the scheme.

East Lothian Council has pledged to ensure rent levels remain affordable for tenants as councillors agreed to updated financial and capital strategies for the next five years. The financial strategy aims to support an extensive transformation programme that protects essential services in the fa

The Scottish Government has revealed details of its Covid recovery strategy which it said will put people who have suffered the most as a result of the pandemic at the heart of its actions.  For a fairer future sets out the next steps in Scotland’s recovery from the pandemic, recognising

A new document has been published that sets out the Scottish Ministers’ framework for monitoring the compliance and enforcement of letting agent regulation. The document sets out the Scottish Ministers' approach to ensuring compliance by those undertaking letting agency work. It makes clear th

Steven Tolson, who chaired the Scottish Parliament’s Cross Party Group on Housing’s sub-group, shares his thoughts on the publication of the final vision for Housing to 2040. Back in 2019, Scottish Parliament’s Cross Party Housing Group created a sub-group of experienced profession

A Scottish Parliament committee has added its weight to calls for the UK Government to make the temporary £20 Universal Credit (UC) uplift permanent and has expressed "considerable concern" about the significant number of people unable to access social security support during the pandemic. The

Persimmon and Perth & Kinross Council have been given two weeks to respond to an official complaint to a Scottish Government Reporter regarding sewage concerns one of the housebuilder's planned developments in Kinross. Earlier this year, reporter David Buylla said he is minded to

Donald Trump is facing legal action from his New York apartment tenants who allege that he and his family manipulated the cost of apartment improvements to hike the cost of their rents. The group of tenants from rent-regulated apartments that late family Fred C. Trump once owned are filing a class-a

A new report from the Scottish Government has revealed the full impact of the planned withdrawal of emergency benefit measures, brought in by the UK Government to support people through the pandemic. Scottish Government analysis shows that if the UK Government takes away the £20-a-we