Cruden Group MD Steven Simpson discusses the outlook for house building in the year ahead and reveals why 2025 is a time of opportunity and optimism. As 2025 dawns, the housebuilding industry finds itself at a crossroads, still facing economic and political challenges, yet buoyed by increased opport
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With elections in Scotland and Wales approaching in 2026, Professor Ken Gibb outlines pressing housing issues and opportunities for policy reform in the first in a new regular series of blogs about housing.
Edinburgh councillors are a week away from potentially approving Scotland's first Visitor Levy, a scheme aimed at raising up to £50 million annually through a 5% charge in addition to the cost of overnight accommodation.
Organisations are being encouraged to apply for the Fairer Aberdeen Fund to help tackle poverty and deprivation across the city. The Fairer Aberdeen Fund is allocated by Aberdeen City Council, which is dispersed by the Fairer Aberdeen Board to third sector organisations, charities and volunta
Scottish Borders Council’s Executive Committee will consider changes to Council Tax charges on empty homes to encourage owners to bring them into use quicker amid the ongoing housing emergency.
A fairer, more efficient housing allocation system across Falkirk is the theme of a report being put forward to a meeting of Falkirk Council's Executive on 23 January.
Acting climate action minister Alasdair Allan has called on the UK Government to direct "urgent and proportionate action" to protect tens of thousands of Scottish households ahead of the planned switch-off of the Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS) later this year. Many energy meters in Scotland presentl
The Scottish Housing Regulator has today launched a consultation on its second British Sign Language (BSL) Plan.
People from across the South of Scotland are being encouraged to apply to become a member of the Regional Economic Partnership (REP).
CIH Scotland, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) and Shelter Scotland have commissioned new research to identify affordable housing need in Scotland post-2026.
Property development company S Harrison has appointed Clark Contracts to build a new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in the historic surroundings of Canongate, just behind Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.
A former landlord who alleged that his tenants had stolen a set of shutters and failed to pay for replacement carpets has been refused permission to appeal his two cases against them to the Upper Tribunal for Scotland after it upheld the First-tier Tribunal’s decision in both cases that no los
The outcome of a consultation on the indicators social landlords report on in their Annual Return on the Charter (ARC) has been published today by the Scottish Housing Regulator. The ARC is the main way social landlords demonstrate how they are performing against the standards and outcomes of the Sc
Ofgem’s board has extended Jonathan Brearley’s appointment as CEO to 31 January 2030. Mark McAllister, chair of Ofgem, said: “Jonathan has led Ofgem through unprecedented challenges over the past five years: the fallout from COVID-19, energy market turbulence and the price s
Whiteinch and Scotstoun Housing Association (WSHA) has appointed Mareta Greig as its new director of housing and communities. Mareta will assume her role with WSHA in March 2025 and brings with her a wealth of knowledge and experience in the housing sector, having previously served in senior positio