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Paul Hilton, the CEO of property portal ESPC, explains why homeowners (whether owner-occupiers or landlords) need more support from the Scottish Government’s upcoming Heat in Buildings Bill, for which ESPC was recently part of the consultation. We are all very aware of the changes being propos

Professor Mark Stephens speaks to SHN editor Kieran Findlay about compiling the 2025 UK Housing Review, policy process, and his suggested new role for the Bank of England. As lead editor of the UK Housing Review 2025, Professor Mark Stephens of the University of Glasgow's Urban & Social Policy d

John Finnie MSP supporting the campaign for rent controls By John Finnie MSP

The UK Government has published its Energy White Paper, which details plans for what the government describes as a fair and affordable transition to lower carbon power production, heating, industry and transportation.

An Edinburgh letting agent has hit out at the latest changes to safety regulations that private landlords must comply with or risk prosecution. The government-issued Repairing Standard Guidance sets repair requirements for landlords in Scotland’s private sector with the latest revisions due to

Alastair McKie Alastair McKie looks at the details of major planning legislation wending its way through Holyrood.

James Jack James Jack, Associate at law firm Burness Paull has produced a detailed briefing note on the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016.

Matthew Aitchison, valuations & advisory partner at Knight Frank Scotland, discusses the implications of the proposed changes to Scotland's rent controls for the PRS market. Few policy changes in the property sector have received more attention than the rent controls and eviction ban originally

Black people are three and a half times as likely to experience statutory homelessness as White British people, according to a new report authored by Heriot-Watt University.

Significant risks must be addressed if a major reform of health and social care is to fundamentally change how services are delivered, and improve outcomes for the people who use them, Audit Scotland has warned. Integrating health and social care services is a key Scottish Government policy, focusse

The Scottish Government must step up with bold and decisive leadership to deliver a major programme to retrofit the country’s buildings and meet climate targets, a new report from Scotland’s Just Transition Commission has said.

MPs have called on the UK Government to urgently reassess its benefit sanctions regime after a new report found that the evidence that the policy is achieving its aims is at best mixed, and at worst showing a policy that appears “arbitrarily punitive”. A Benefit Sanctions report published by the

Image of the Grenfell Tower fire courtesy of Natalie Oxford via Twitter The social housing sector must make changes across all its platforms, says Andrew Morrison.

Jon Sparkes Crisis is calling for reform of how benefit sanctions work for the most vulnerable as new research by the charity reveals how the regime is leaving people homeless, hungry and destitute and making it even harder for them to find work.

Annie Mauger Attempts by the Scottish Government to provide “more security, stability and predictability” to tenants renting in the private rented sector (PRS) have been broadly welcomed, though concerns have been raised proposals may harm investment in the sector.