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

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has announced a £39 billion house building programme for the next decade, with the goal of delivering approximately 300,000 new social and affordable homes across England. The new ten-year Social and Affordable Homes Programme represents a significant increa

Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, believes the Housing (Scotland) Bill is a step in the right direction for renters with pets. However, the charity is urging the Scottish Government to go further to ensure people with dogs are properly supported in the rental market. 

The UK Government has unveiled a series of planning reforms designed to simplify the development process and unlock access to land and finance for SME builders.

Frontline youth homelessness workers are being invited to a free webinar to hear about good practice from specialist youth organisations and services in Scotland and hear from young people how frontline workers and services can best support them.

Fleming Homes, the award-winning self-build specialists who design and manufacture bespoke timber frame houses in Scotland for supply across the UK, is sponsoring The Scottish Homebuilding & Renovating Show, at the SEC, Glasgow on 10 – 11 May 2025.

Significant change to the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill is needed if the Scottish Government’s policy objectives for land reform are to be met, according to Holyrood’s Net Zero, Energy & Transport Committee.

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is inviting members of the public to provide feedback on the Comhairle’s 2025/26 budget proposals. Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has successfully developed proposals for a balanced budget using a combination of service reductions, reserves, use of Crown Estate funding and

Shelter Scotland led a protest outside Edinburgh City Chambers yesterday calling for Scottish Ministers and the Scottish Housing Regulator to "immediately intervene" amid claims the City of Edinburgh Council voted to suspend lifeline housing rights until March 2028. Calling for special measures to b

Housing minister Paul McLennan has highlighted proposals to introduce tenants’ rights to keep a pet as "an important part" of the upcoming Housing Bill.

Delegates at Scotland’s annual homelessness conference will be tasked this year with creating a route map out of the housing and homelessness emergency.  The focus of Right Here, Right Now is what action taken now can ease the escalating crisis and what needs to happen next to create a be

The Scottish Government has avoided defeat on whether it has failed to tackle the country's housing emergency following a vote in the Scottish Parliament yesterday.

Professor Douglas Robertson provides an overview of the main findings of the RentBetter research project led by Indigo House and funded by the Nationwide Foundation. The reform of any policy introduces a new set of dynamics within any system. Any policy’s success measured against its stated am

The Shetland Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) programme for 2024/25 is now open for bids from community-based projects. CLLD funding is provided by the Scottish Government, and administered by Shetland Islands Council on behalf of the Shetland Islands Local Action Group, which represents local

Scottish benefits claimants have been urged to prepare for the latest universal credit shake-up as notice letters arrive through letterboxes across the country. Advice Direct Scotland, which runs the national advice service advice.scot, said households should prepare for changes as the Department fo

A team of business leaders have teamed up with Children 1st, Scotland’s national children’s charity, to stage a one-off, exclusive fundraising dinner aiming to raise £100,000.