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

A Scottish Parliament review into the Scottish Housing Regulator (SHR) is now underway after a committee launched a call for views on the organisation.

Glasgow City Council has granted listed building consent for a full demolition of the iconic O2 ABC building on Sauchiehall Street.

Springfield Properties has issued a trading update stating that it expects profit before tax to be slightly ahead of market expectations due to good profits being made from land sales of £28 million during the period. The update on trading for the year ended 31 May 2024 also revealed that the

A tenant ordered to pay over £11,000 in rent arrears from September 2021 until 2023 to his former landlord has lost an appeal against the First-tier Tribunal’s decision to make the award against him. He rented a property in Airdrie from Celtad Ltd from January 2020, and left the property

Regulations have been laid in Parliament that provide technical updates to the short-term lets licensing scheme. Licensing was introduced in 2022 to provide assurance to guests on safety and quality, such as gas and electrical safety compliance and the suitability of hosts.

A coalition of organisations has congratulated Scotland’s new First Minister and urged him to focus his attention on repairing the social housing budget and on protecting duties to prevent homelessness.

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

A blueprint to tackle domestic abuse has been published by the Scottish Conservatives after new statistics revealed that "victims are being left in limbo” when they leave a violent household. The party has launched a new policy paper alongside freedom of information responses showing that

A woman who was refused a review of her council tax banding by the Assessor for Lanarkshire Valuation Joint Board and had a challenge to that refusal rejected by the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland has failed to obtain permission to further challenge the decision before the Upper Tribunal.

The Scottish Government will not be able to phase out fossil-fuel home heating systems by 2045 unless it significantly increases the scale and pace of activity, Audit Scotland has warned today.

Councillors in Fife have agreed to conduct a council tenant survey into plans to increase housing rents from 5-7% to balance the books and maintain services.

Jimmy Black reflects on a conversation with architect Laurence Wood about rebuilding homes after natural disasters. Seeing your home completely destroyed by a typhoon, an earthquake, or an airstrike must be one of the worst things that can happen to you. Once your government and the international ai

Dumfries and Galloway Council's Economy and Resources committee will today consider a report on the Vacant and Derelict Land and Property Strategy (VDLPS). The report outlines the council’s approach to managing and regenerating vacant and derelict land and property. It also outlines the Counci

The Scottish Bed & Breakfast Association has written to the First Minister Humza Yousaf calling for an intervention to save thousands of small tourism accommodation businesses in Scotland by pausing the introduction of short-term let licensing.

Around 150 charities, trade unions, campaign groups, and community organisations have come together to sign a letter calling on the First Minister to put tackling poverty at the heart of his next Programme for Government.